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Rafaela Silva
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Silva in 2016
Personal information
Born (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Occupation Judoka
Height 169 cm
Weight 57 kg
Sport
Country  Brazil
Sport Judo
Weight class ‍–‍57 kg
Club Instituto Reação
Coached by Geraldo Bernardes
Achievements and titles
World finals Gold (2013, 2022)
Regional finals (2012, 2013, 2024)
Olympic finals Gold (2016)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2024 Paris Mixed team
World Championships
Gold 2013 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2011 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2013 Rio de Janeiro Women's team
Silver 2017 Budapest Mixed team
Bronze 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2019 Tokyo Mixed team
Pan American Games
Gold 2023 Santiago ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2023 Santiago Mixed team
Bronze 2015 Toronto ‍–‍57 kg
Disqualified 2019 Lima ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold 2012 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2013 San José ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2024 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2014 Guayaquil ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2015 Edmonton ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2019 Lima ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2011 Guadalajara ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2016 Havana ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2022 Lima ‍–‍57 kg
World Masters
Bronze 2012 Almaty ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold 2019 Baku ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2023 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2024 Astana ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2009 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2012 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze 2013 Moscow ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2014 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2014 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2016 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold 2011 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2018 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2019 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2022 Almada ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2013 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2017 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Silver 2023 Almada ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2012 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze 2016 Havana ‍–‍57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold 2008 Bangkok ‍–‍57 kg
Military World Games
Gold 2015 Mungyeong ‍–‍57 kg
Gold 2015 Mungyeong Women's team
Updated on 10 May 2024.

Rafaela Lopes Silva (born 24 April 1992) is a Brazilian judoka. She won gold medals at the World Judo Championships of 2013 and 2022 and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the –57 kg weight division. Currently, she occupies the rank of graduation third sergeant in the Navy of Brazil and integrates the Center of Physical Education Admiral Nunes (CEFAN), the Military Sports Department.

In August 2013, she was the first Brazilian woman to become a world champion in Judo.

Biography

Rafaela Silva grew up in the Rio de Janeiro slum known as Cidade de Deus. The first sport she liked was football, practicing against other children in a dirt field near her home in Jacarepagua. Because they were concerned with fights and violence in the streets, when Rafaela was 7 years old her parents Luiz Carlos and Zenilda Silva signed her up, together with her sister, Raquel, for judo classes at the Institute Reaction, newly fitted at Cidade de Deus by the former athlete Flávio Canto.

"I started judo in 2000, early in the project. My father put me in the sport as an alternative to fighting in the street. In Judo, I found discipline, I respect the other and began to take the sport seriously. Judo showed me the world. With the resources I get, I guarantee my support and help my family pay the bills. "

Judo career

Rafaella Silva
Rafaela Silva, with her gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

Silva won her first major medal by claiming silver at the 2011 World Judo Championships in Paris. During the 2013 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Silva became the first Brazilian woman to ever win a gold medal for her country in a World Judo Championship after defeating American Marti Malloy in the final. She repeated the feat at the 2016 Summer Olympics by defeating Mongolian Sumiya Dorjsuren in the final.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Silva was disqualified for an illegal leg grab during a fight against Hedvig Karakas of Hungary. Upon returning home, she became depressed. In December 2012, she was a bronze medalist at the Judo Grand Slam Tokyo (category up to 63 kg).

Silva won gold and bronze in 2019 Pan American Games and 2019 Judo World Championships, respectively, but tested positive for fenoterol after the former tournament. Despite testing negative in the World Championships, she was banned from competition for two years by IJF and stripped of both medals. Silva appealed the sanction, but the CAS upheld the ban in late 2020.

Mixed martial arts career

Being temporarily banned from judo, Silva opted to transition to mixed martial arts. She is currently training at PFL athlete Joilton Santos' gym Peregrino Fight Academy with UFC athlete Cláudio Silva and is expected to compete in the Flyweight division.

Personal life

In an interview with Globo Esporte, Rafaela came out as lesbian. She spoke about her girlfriend Thamara Cezar, whom she met via judo.

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