Larissa Pimenta

Larissa Pimenta (born 1 March 1999) is a Brazilian judoka. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won the gold medal in the 52 kg event.[1]

Larissa Pimenta
Personal information
Born (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class52 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2019 Lima –52 kg
South American Games
2018 Cochabamba –52 kg
Pan American Judo Championships
2019 Lima –52 kg
2020 Guadalajara –52 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan Team
IJF Grand Slam
2020 Paris –52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Tbilisi –52 kg

Career

At the 2019 Pan American Judo Championships, also held in Lima, Peru, she won the gold medal in the 52 kg event.[2] In that same year, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She won her first match, against Raguib Abdourahman of Djibouti, but was eliminated in her next match, against Uta Abe of Japan, who went on to win the gold medal. In 2019, she also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.

In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico.[4] In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2018South American Games1st−52 kg
2019Pan American Games1st−52 kg

References
  1. "52 kg Event" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. Etchells, Daniel (25 April 2019). "Brazil claim two gold medals on opening day of Pan American Senior Judo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Women's 52 kg". 2019 World Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. Pavitt, Michael (20 November 2020). "Canadian judokas earn three golds as Pan American Championships begins". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.


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