Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo (born 17 June 1981) is a Brazilian female visually impaired judoka (disability class B2) competing in the –57 kg division. Teixeira took a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics[2] and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016, she was defeated by Inna Cherniak of Ukraine who took the gold medal.[3] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
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| Full name | Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 1981 São Paulo, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 116366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editIn 2015, she was one of three Paralympic athletes who took part in a popular video that was intended to introduce Brazilians to the paralympics as a spectator sport. The video was shot with hidden cameras, and it records the reactions of spectators as the three paralympians as they enter three gyms as disabled people and they then impress observers with their abilities. The video attracted million of viewers and acquaintances who never recognised her as a silver medalist from London.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo". cbdv.org.br. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Rio 2016 hidden-camera video goes viral". Paralympic.org. 19 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Lúcia Teixeira é prata, a primeira medalha do judô do Brasil na Paralimpíada Archived 29 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine, O Globo, Retrieved 10 September 2016
- ^ Houston, Michael (28 August 2021). "Azerbaijan wins three golds on second day of judo at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
External links
edit Media related to Lúcia Teixeira at Wikimedia Commons
- Lucia Araujo at the International Judo Federation
- Lucia Araujo at the International Paralympic Committee
- Lucia Teixeira at JudoInside.com
- Lucia da Silva Teixeira Araujo at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link)
- Lucia da Silva Teixeira Araujo at The-Sports.org
- Lúcia da Silva Teixeira at the Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (in Portuguese)
- Lucia Araujo on Instagram