![]() Alana Maldonado (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alana Martins Maldonado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 July 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Vision impairment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alana Martins Maldonado (born 27 July 1995) is a visually impaired Brazilian Paralympic judoka. [1] She won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [3] She also represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event. [1] [4]
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