Luiz Virgilio Castro de Moura

Luiz Virgilio "Virgulino" Castro de Moura (Rio de Janeiro, August 23, 1952)[1][2] is a retired Brazilian judoka. He was a seven time national champion and represented Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1981 World Judo Championships.[3] He is considered one of the most renowned Brazilian judokas in the 1980s.[4][5]

Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Judo
World Veterans Championships
2014 Málaga +100 kg

Biography

A trainee under Georges Mehdi, Castro competed many years while served in Brazilian military.[6] He amassed a number of championship wins both in and outside Brazil, winning seven times the national championship at the weigh categories of médio and meio-pessado.[7] Eventually he was elected for the Brazilian Olympic team and represented the country at 1980 in Moscow, where he had a victory over Tsancho Atanasov and a loss to Jean-Luc Rougé. He would compete at the World Championships in Maastricht the next year, losing to the legendary Yasuhiro Yamashita. He then retired and opened a judo academy, closing shortly after in order to become a businessman.[6] In 2014, he returned for the World Veterans Championships, placing third.[2] He is uncle to fellow judo champion David Moura.[8]

References
  1. "Luis Virgilio Moura". Judoinside. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  2. "Luiz Virgilio Castro de Moura". Alljudo.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  3. "Luiz Moura". Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. "Dos Mitos do Judo Carioca". Judorio (in Portuguese). August 2, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  5. Everton Monteiro, Spirit of JUDO #07
  6. Katia Rubio (2015). Atletas olímpicos brasileiros (in Portuguese). Editora SESI. ISBN 978-85-504128-0-1.
  7. "Histórico do judô no rio de janeiro". Psicod (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  8. Criado no tatame, futuro papai David festeja prata e projeta vitória sobre Riner
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