Danielli Yuri

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Danielli Yuri
Personal information
Born (1984-01-03) January 3, 1984 (age 41)
Registro, São Paulo, Brazil
Sport
Sport Judo
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro - 63 kg
Pan American Judo Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Montreal - 63 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Buenos Aires - 63 kg

Danielli Yuri-Barbosa (born January 3, 1984) is a judoka from Brazil.

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Biography

Yuri-Barbosa was born in Registro, São Paulo, but she lives in São Caetano do Sul.

She began with judo in Japan. When she was little her family moved to Japan to make some money. Her father worked there in factories and when they came back to Brazil he opened a judo school. [1]

Yuri likes to be with her family, she likes reading, watching movies. Her favorite actor is Samuel L. Jackson. She can't to say "no" when somebody asked her for a favor and during matches she uses same hairgrip. [2]

Before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Brazilian Judo Federation was unsure who would represent Brazil in half-middleweight. They hesitated between mature Vânia Ishii and young Yuri, but Yuri was chosen.

Judo

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was eliminated in the first round by Korean Kong Ja-young. It was an aggressive match where Yuri was leading by wazari but two minutes before the end she made a mistake and Kong won by ippon. [3]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2007 Pan American Games 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Olympic Games 18thHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2009 Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)

References

  1. "Danielli Yuri: Judô - UOL Esporte".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Danielli Barbosa at Sports Reference