Mayra Aguiar

Aguiar at the 2016 Olympics

Personal information

Nationality

Brazilian

Born

August 3, 1991
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Residence

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

5 ft 10 in (178 cm)

Weight

172 lb (78 kg)

Website

http://www.mayraaguiar.com.br/

Sport

Country

Brazil

Sport

Judo

Club

Sogipa
Brazilian Judo Confederation

Coached by

Antônio Carlos Pereira "Kiko"

Medal record

Mayra Aguiar
Medal record
Representing Brazil
Women's Judo
Olympic Games
	2012 London	–78 kg
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	–78 kg
World Championships
	2014 Chelyabinsk	–78 kg
	2010 Tokyo	–78 kg
	2011 Paris	–78 kg
	2013 Rio de Janeiro	–78 kg
Pan American Games
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	–70 kg
	2015 Toronto	–78 kg
	2011 Guadalajara	–78 kg
Pan American Championships
	2008 Miami	–70 kg
	2010 San Salvador	–78 kg
	2012 Montreal	–78 kg
	2013 San José	–78 kg
	2015 Edmonton	–78 kg
	2007 Montreal	–70 kg
	2011 Guadalajara	–78 kg
	2016 Havana	–78 kg

Mayra Aguiar da Silva (born August 3 1991 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian judoka.^[1]

Bio

Mayra was born in Porto Alegre and begun with judo when she was just a little girl.

She trains under Kiko (Antônio Carlos Pereira) in a group with João Derly, Tiago Camilo and others in SOGIPA.^[2] These two guys are also her sport idols.^[3]

In December 2008 she suffered a very hard injury of her right knee. She was right out of the tatami for almost 10 months, coming back only in September 2009.^[4]

Judo

She is one of the most talented Brazilian judokas in history. When she was 16 years old she competed at 2007 Pan American Games and won a silver medal.^[5]

In 2008 she competed at Olympic Games in Beijing but lost her only match with Spanish judoka Leire Iglesias.^[6]

In 2009 she missed the whole season because of a knee injury.

In 2010, after an injury, Mayra changed category from middleweight to half-heavyweight^[7] and won a gold medal at 2010 Pan American Judo Championships in El Salvador. In September of that same year, she participated at the 2010 World Judo Championships and lost the final to Kayla Harrison, from the United States, receiving the silver medal.^[8]

In 2012, Aguiar won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning three matches by ippon. Her only defeat was again to Harrison, who won the semifinal on the way to a gold medal.^[9]

Aguiar became world champion in 2014, defeating the French Audrey Tcheuméo in the final.

With Brazil hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics and Aguiar's recent triumphs, she was the favorite to win the gold.^[10] A struggling semifinal with Tcheuméo, where Aguiar was kept scoreless and wound defeated on penalties, sent her again to the bronze match, which Aguiar won, giving her a second Olympic medal.^[11]^[12]

Achievements

Aguiar in 2010.

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2007	Pan American Games	2nd	Middleweight (−70 kg)
2008	Olympic Games	20th	Middleweight (−70 kg)
2010	Pan American Championships	1st	Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2010	World Championships	2nd	Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2011	Pan American Championships	2nd	Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2012	Olympic Games	3rd	Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)
2016	Olympic Games	3rd	Half-Heavyweight (−78 kg)

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