Alex Pombo

Alex Pombo is a judoka of Minas Tênis Clube and the Brazilian national judo team. The athlete was born in Guaratinguetá. He began his career at age 12, in São José dos Campos, in the state of São Paulo, and is part of the national team in its category since 17 years.

The judoka demonstrated several times its fierce, determined and victorious posture. Alex was born prematurely with only 850g and 26 cm and had to fight for life in its early days. Career on the mats during the dispute of the World Military edition, the judoka competed with a trauma in the fifth lumbar budget. Not enough to overcome the pain, the athlete cut eyebrow during the dispute of the bronze medal. Referees wanted to end the fighting, but determined to get on the podium, Alex did not accept and asked that the dispute continued. In the end, he won the victory, the medal, and left the gym straight to the hospital where he had surgery.

Occupying a position among the world's best in its category, judoka has a successful career with several medals from major competitions on the world circuit. The athlete is the current champion of Judo Pan American Championship and Brazilian champion in its category. Also, it is often on the podiums of the tournaments in the world circuit mode.

• Alex Pombo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)