Nickname(s) Baby Height 2.03 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Rafael Silva Nationality Brazilian Weight 155 kg | |
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Born May 11, 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-05-11 ) Aquidauana, Brazil Olympic medals Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +100 kg Similar People Teddy Riner, Andreas Tolzer, Alexander Mikhaylin Profiles | ||
Rafael Carlos da Silva (born 11 May 1987) is a Brazilian heavyweight judoka. He became Brazil's first Olympic medalist in the judo heavyweight division (>100 kg), winning a bronze medal in 2012. Silva won the Pan American Judo Championships in 2012–2014 and 2016, and qualified for the 2016 Olympics.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won again the bronze medal in the Men's +100 kg, losing only to Teddy Riner.
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