Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight (–73 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also won a gold medal at the 2007 World Judo Championships, and was the third Brazilian to become a world champion in judo, after João Derly and Luciano Corrêa. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the –81 kg category. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he lost the bronze medal match to Ilias Iliadis in the –90 kg weight division.
Flávio Vianna de Ulhôa Canto is a Brazilian judoka who competed in Men's 81 kg Judo. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is founder and president of the Instituto Reação, and also presenter of the TV shows Corujão do Esporte on TV Globo and Sensei on SporTV.
Henrique Carlos Serra Azul Guimarães is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the men's half lightweight (–65 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He repeated the feat at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Luiz Yoshio Onmura is a retired judoka from Brazil. He represented Brazil at the 1980, 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics. Onmura won a bronze medal in the men's lightweight division (–71 kg), alongside Great Britain's Kerrith Brown at the 1984 Games.
Rogério Sampaio Cardoso is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He dedicated his medal to his brother Ricardo, who fought in the 1988 Summer Olympics and committed suicide in 1991 after a love disappointment.
Ha Hyung-joo, also known by Ha Hyoung-zoo, is a retired judoka from South Korea. In 1981, he became the first open division champion to represent South Korea at the Asian Judo Championships in Jakarta. Ha represented South Korea at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and claimed the gold medal in the men's half heavyweight division (–95 kg) by defeating Brazil's Douglas Vieira in the final. Ha also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal.
Ketleyn Lima Quadros is a Brazilian judoka. She won a bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual sport.
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the organizing committee for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. It was also known as the Rio 2016 Organising Committee or simply Rio 2016.
João Gonçalves Filho was a Brazilian sportsman. He competed in five Olympic Games in both swimming and water polo. Born in Rio Claro, São Paulo, he represented Brazil in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and in water polo at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics.
Wálter Carmona is a Brazilian judoka and Olympic medalist. He placed 5th at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Chiaki Ishii is a Japanese Brazilian judoka, who won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Maria Suelen Altheman is a Brazilian heavyweight judoka. She won silver medals at the world championships in 2013 and 2014 and bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 2011 and 2015.
Sarah Gabrielle Cabral de Menezes is a judoka from Brazil. In 2012, she became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in judo, after defeating the reigning Olympic champion Alina Dumitru. She also competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Rafaela Lopes Silva 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 graduation third sergeant in the Navy of Brazil and integrates the Center of Physical Education Admiral Nunes (CEFAN), the Military Sports Department.
Felipe Kitadai is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 2011 Guadalaraja, 2012 Montreal, 2013 San José, 2014 Guayaquil, 2015 Edmonton and 2016 Havana.
Maria de Lourdes Mazzoleni Portela is a Brazilian middleweight judoka. She won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, she lost her first match to Yuri Alvear. At the 2016 Games, she beat Assmaa Niang in the first round, before losing to Bernadette Graf in the second.
Charles Koshiro Chibana is a judoka from Brazil of Japanese origin. He won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. In addition, he won a gold medal at the 2014 and 2016 Pan American Judo Championships and a bronze medal at the 2013 edition.
Afghanistan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio de Janeiro marked its fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics and fourteenth in total. Afghanistan had officially made its debut in 1936 and missed five editions since then. Rohullah Nikpai, who had previously won a medal for Afghanistan in taekwondo, did not participate. Afghanistan failed to earn a single Olympic medal in Rio for the first time since 2004.
Victor Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira is a Brazilian judoka.
Rafael Augusto Buzacarini is a heavyweight judoka from Brazil. He won two silver medals at the 2020 and 2022 Pan American Judo Championships and qualified for the 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics.
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