Guilherme Bentes
Guilherme Frederico Feria Bentes (born June 10, 1973 in Lisbon ) is a former Portuguese judoka who was third in the 1997 World Cup.
Athletic career
Bentes fought from 1992 to 2000 in the lightweight, the weight class up to 71 kilograms, from 1998 to 73 kilograms. From 1996 to 1999 he was Portuguese champion in this weight class.
In 1992, Bentes was seventh in the Junior World Championships. In 1996 he lost to the Italian Diego Brambilla in his opening match at the European Championships in The Hague . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he won his first fight against Loris Mularoni from San Marino after 1:41 minutes. In the last sixteen he was eliminated from the Georgian Vladimir Dgebuadze by Yusei-gachi (referee decision). At the end of 1996, Bentes was runner-up at the World Student Championships.
At the European Championships in 1997 in Ostend Bentes reached the semifinals with victories over the French Christophe Gagliano and the German Martin Grasmück . After defeats to the Russian Anatoly Laryukov and the British Danny Kingston , Bentes finished in fifth place. Five months later, at the 1997 World Championships in Paris, Bentes defeated Thomas Schleicher from Austria, the Mongols Chaliuny Boldbaatar and in the quarter-finals the Uzbek Andrey Shturbabin . In the semifinals he was defeated by the Japanese Kenzo Nakamura , while Bentes won the battle for bronze against the Finn Jorma Korhonen . In 1998 Bentes finished seventh at the European Championships in Oviedo. At the end of 1998 he won the World Student Championships in Prague. At the beginning of 1999 Bentes won his only World Cup tournament in Sofia. At the European Championships and World Championships in 1999 , he was eliminated in the hopes and could not place in the top eight judoka. Bentes remained active until 2002. In 2009 he requested a comeback and became Portuguese light heavyweight champion.
Web links
- Guilherme Bentes in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Tournament results at judoinside.com
Footnotes
- ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 755
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bentes, Guilherme |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bentes, Guilherme Frederico Feria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon |