Edinanci Silva

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Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born August 23, 1976 in Sousa , Paraíba ) is a former Brazilian judoka . She won bronze twice at individual world championships.

Athletic career

Edinanci Silva had both male and female sex organs from birth. In the run-up to the 1996 Olympic Games , she underwent an operation that enabled her to live as a woman and also to take part in competitions for women. The 1.75 m tall Edinanci Silva competed in the heavyweight competitions in Atlanta, the weight class over 72 kilograms. In her first fight she defeated the Japanese Noriko Anno after 35 seconds , in the second round she was defeated by the Russian Swetlana Gundarenko with a small score (yuko). In the hope lap , Silva defeated the Hungarian Éva Gránitz after 28 seconds. After her defeat against the German Johanna Hagn (yuko), Silva took seventh place.

From 1997 Edinanci Silva started in the light heavyweight division. She won the South American Championships and finished third in the Pan American Championships. At the 1997 World Championships in Paris, she lost to the Cuban Diadenis Luna in the quarterfinals . In the hope round she defeated Donna Ngo Batang from Cameroon, Karin Kienhuis from the Netherlands and in the battle for bronze the French Estha Essombe . Silva also competed in the open class, but was eliminated in the round of 16 against South Korean Lee Hyun-kyung .

In 1999 Silva won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg . In early 2000 she defeated the Japanese Mizuho Matsuzaki in the final at the Tournoi de Paris . At the South American Championships Silva 2000 won both the light heavyweight and the open class. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000, she lost to the Chinese Tang Lin in the quarter-finals , and in the round of hope she finished seventh after a defeat by the Italian Emanuela Pierantozzi . At the 2001 World Championships in Munich, Silva was eliminated in the round of 16 against Melanie Engoang from Gabon.

At the Pan American Games 2003 in Santo Domingo, Silva won the final against the Cuban Yurisel Laborde . A month later, Silva defeated the French Celine Lebrun in the quarterfinals of the World Championships in Osaka . In the semifinals she met Laborde and this time the Cuban won. With a victory over the Dutchwoman Claudia Zwiers , Silva secured the second bronze medal at world championships after 1997. In the open class she lost to the Chinese Tong Wen in the quarter-finals and was eliminated in the hope round against the Venezuelan Giovanna Blanco . In April 2004 Silva won the Pan American Championships. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Silva defeated Tunisian Houda Ben Daya in the round of 16 and lost to Celine Lebrun in the quarter-finals. In the hope round, she finished seventh for the third time after a loss to the Italian Lucia Morico .

Silva won the Pan American Championships in 2006 and 2007. At the Pan American Games in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, she defeated the Canadian Marylise Lévesque in the final . Two months later, the World Championships were also held in Rio de Janeiro and Edinanci Silva finished seventh in the light heavyweight division. In 2008 Silva lost to Yurisel Laborde in the final of the Pan American Championships in Miami. Laborde stayed in the United States after her victory. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Silva was defeated by the Spaniard Esther San Miguel in her opening fight . With three wins in the round of hope, Silva reached the battle for bronze, which she lost to the South Korean Jeong Gyeong-mi . The fifth place was nevertheless the best result at the Olympic Games after three seventh places. In 2009 and 2010, Silva was the Brazilian light heavyweight champion, and in 2013 she won the heavyweight division.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Women's heavyweight 1996 in Olympedia (accessed May 31, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Light heavyweight women 2000 in Olympedia (accessed May 31, 2020)
  4. ↑ Light heavyweight women 2004 in Olympedia (accessed on May 31, 2020)
  5. ↑ Light heavyweight women 2008 in Olympedia (accessed May 31, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Silva, Edinanci
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silva, Edinanci Fernandes da (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Sousa , Paraíba