Barbara Timo

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Barbara Timo (born March 10, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a judoka who competed for Brazil until 2018 , since 2019 she competes for Portugal . In 2019 she was second at the World Championships.

Athletic career

Barbara Timo has been starting in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 70 kilograms, since 2012 . In 2013 she won her first Grand Prix tournament in Tashkent. At the South American Games in 2014, she finished second behind the Colombian Yuri Alvear . At the Pan American Games 2015 in Edmonton, she lost in the semifinals to Yuri Alvear, after which she also lost the fight for a bronze medal against the Cuban Onix Cortés Aldama . At the Universiade 2017 in Taipei, Barbara Timo defeated the Japanese Saki Niizoe in the final . She also won the Brazilian championship title in 2017.

Barbara Timo has been working for Portugal since the beginning of 2019. At the Grand Slam tournament in Paris, she took third place. The 2019 European Championships were held as part of the 2019 European Games in Minsk. Timo lost to Michaela Polleres from Austria in the second round . In the team competition, Portugal won silver behind the Russian team. Two months later at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo , she defeated defending champion Chizuru Arai from Japan in the round of 16 . With victories over Sanne Van Dijke from the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and the French Margaux Pinot in the semi-finals, Barbara Timo reached the final and won silver behind the French Marie-Ève ​​Gahié .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Universiade 2017 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Timo, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese-Brazilian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro