Danielli Yuri

Danielli Yuri-Barbosa (born January 3, 1984) is a judoka from Brazil.

Danielli Yuri
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro - 63 kg
Pan American Judo Championships
2008 Montreal - 63 kg
2009 Buenos Aires - 63 kg

Bio

Yuri-Barbosa was born in Registro, São Paulo, but she lives in São Caetano do Sul.

She began with judo in Japan. When she was little her family moved to Japan to make some money. Her father worked there in factories and when they came back to Brazil he opened a judo school.[1]

Yuri likes to be with her family, she likes reading, watching movies. Her favorite actor is Samuel L. Jackson. She can't to say "no" when somebody asked her for a favor and during matches she uses same hairgrip.[2]

Before 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Brazilian Judo Federation was hesitated who will represented Brazil in half-middleweight. They hesitated between mature Vânia Ishii and young Yuri, but Yuri was chosen.

Judo

At 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was eliminated in first round by Korean Gong Ja-Yeong. It was very nice aggressive match where Yuri was leading by wazari but later two minutes before end she made a mistake. Korean judoka punished it and won by ippon.[3]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2007Pan American Games 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008Olympic Games 18thHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2009Pan American Judo Championships 2ndHalf-Middleweight (- 63 kg)

References
  1. http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/judo/danielli-yuri.jhtm
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Danielli Barbosa at Sports Reference


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