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| Full name | Brenda Souza de Freitas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1995 [1] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | J1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | −70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brenda Souza de Freitas (born 9 May 1995) is a Brazilian Paralympic judoka. She represented Brazil at 2024 Summer Paralympics.
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