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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Souza.

Beatriz Souza
Souza during the 2023 Pan American Games
Personal information
Born (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)
Itariri, São Paulo, Brazil[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight135.2 kg (298 lb)
Sport
Country Brazil
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesGold (2024)
World Champ.Silver (2022)
Pan American Champ. (2017, 2021, 2022,
( 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha +78 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago +78 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Panama City +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guadalajara +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 San José +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Guadalajara +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Brasilia +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tel Aviv +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ekaterinburg +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osaka +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Paris +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tbilisi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2024 Linz +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tunis +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tbilisi +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Antalya +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Perth +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cancún +78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nassau +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Zagreb +78 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sarajevo +70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF23953
JudoInside.com38156
Updated on 3 August 2024

Beatriz Rodrigues de Souza (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [beaˈtɾiz ʁoˈdɾiɡiz dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; born 20 May 1998) is a Brazilian judoka. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the Women's +78 kg competition.

Early life

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Beatriz Rodrigues de Souza was born on 20 May 1998 in Itariri, São Paulo, daughter of the military veteran and ex-judoka Poscedonio José de Souza Neto.[2][3] She was raised in the coastal town of Peruíbe.

Career

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Her first medal was at the 2017 Pan American Championships, held in Panama City.[2]

Souza won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.[4]

Souza won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[5]

In 2024 Summer Olympics, she defeated Raz Hershko, winning Brazil's first gold medal in the Women's over 78 kg category, with Sarah Menezes as her coach.[6][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b CBJ profile page 26
  2. ^ a b c "Quem é Beatriz Souza? Medalhas, altura, peso e história da judoca" [Who is Beatriz Souza? Medals, height, weight and history of the judoka]. GloboEsporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Bia Souza: de superação ao ouro; conheça a medalhista olímpica" (in Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. ^ "2019 World Judo Championships results". judobase.org. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Beatriz Souza vence final do judô e garante 1º ouro do Brasil" (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Sports. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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