Rafael Macedo (judoka)
Rafael Godoy de Macedo (born 15 September 1994 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian judoka.[2][3]
Career
He moved to Porto Alegre in 2013 and started training at Sogipa, alongside some of the best judokas in the country.[4]
In 2014, he won the gold medal at the World Judo Juniors Championships.[5]
At the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships Macedo won a bronze medal in Middleweight (90 kg) category. [6]
At the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg (Grand Slam is the tournament that gives the most points in the judo rankings after the Olympics, the World Championships and the World Masters), Macedo obtained the bronze medal.[7]
At the 2019 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category, and a gold medal at the Mixed team.[8]
At the 2019 World Judo Championships, Macedo won the first fight but was eliminated in the 2nd round. Representing Brazil in the mixed team, he obtained a bronze medal.[9][10][11]
At the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category, and a gold medal at the Mixed team.[12]
Macedo represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13][14]
At the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category.[15]
Ranking 18th in the world, he participated in the 2021 World Judo Championships, where he won two fights and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Mongolian Gantulgyn Altanbagana.[16] In the mixed team competition, Macedo won a bronze representing Brazil.[17]
At the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya, Macedo obtained the bronze medal.[18]
At the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Macedo debuted with victory, but was eliminated by Olympic champion Lasha Bekauri in the round of 16.[19]
At the 2022 Judo World Masters (second most important competition on the judo circuit, after the World Championship), Macedo won the bronze medal. [20]
Ranking 11th in the world rankings in the 90kg judo category, Macedo competed in the 2023 World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar. He won two fights, one of them against Krisztián Tóth, a Hungarian bronze medalist at the Olympics, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Russian Mansur Lorsanov.[21]
At the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada, he won three fights by ippon and won, for the first time, the gold medal in the continental competition after obtaining silver in three previous finals.[22]
At the 2023 Pan American Games, Macedo reached the final against Cuban Ivan Felipe Silva Morales and even forced two punishments on his opponent. Macedo was better in the fight, but, in an attempt to enter, he placed his head on the ground in a movement interpreted by the referee as irregular (hansoku-make, which is using the head as a defense of an entrance) and was disqualified, obtaining the silver medal.[23][24] He also obtained silver in the Brazilian mixed team.[25]
At the 2024 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships, he won a bronze medal.[26]
At the 2024 World Judo Championships, Macedo reached the round of 16 of the competition for the fourth time in a row, where he was eliminated by the Japanese Goki Tajima, who ended up being the tournament champion.[27]
At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Macedo reached the fight to compete for the bronze medal. In the bout, he suffered three shido (penalties). The referee's decision to give a third shido, which disqualified him as per judo rules, has been subject to criticism in his home country. Macedo finished in 5th place in the men's 90 kg event.[28] A few days later, the Brazilian team won one of the two bronze medals in the mixed team event, thus earning Macedo his first olympic medal.[29]
In March 2025, he won the bronze medal at the 2025 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi.[30]
At the 2025 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships, he won the gold medal, winning his second title in this tournament.[31]
References
- ^ CBJ profile page 32
- ^ Rafael Macedo Profile
- ^ CBJ profile page 32
- ^ Guia do Time Brasil Jogos Olimpicos 2020
- ^ Rafael Macedo conquista o primeiro ouro brasileiro no Mundial Júnior
- ^ Brasil encerra Pan-Americano de judô no Panamá com 12 medalhas no individual
- ^ Rafael Macedo perde disputa de bronze e fica em 5º no GS de Paris
- ^ Brasil conquista 15 medalhas no Pan de Judô
- ^ "2019 World Judo Championships results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Brasileiros se despedem na terceira rodada, mas 'brasileira de Portugal' fica com a prata
- ^ Equipe mista conquista o bronze e Brasil sai de Tóquio com três terceiros lugares no Mundial
- ^ Brasil fecha o Pan de Guadalajara com 14 medalhas individuais e o título por equipes
- ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Judo MACEDO Rafael". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Rafael Silva vence David Moura e leva o ouro no Pan de judô
- ^ Maria Portela fica em sétimo e vê evolução emocional para Tóquio
- ^ Brasil bate a Rússia e é bronze por equipes mistas no Mundial de Judô
- ^ Rafael Macedo perde disputa de bronze e fica em 5º no GS de Paris
- ^ Marcelo Gomes dá Ippon em vice-campeão olímpico, mas é 7º no Mundial
- ^ Mayra Aguiar e Rafael Macedo são bronze no World Masters de Judô
- ^ Rafael Macedo vence medalhista olímpico, mas perde para russo
- ^ Rafael Macedo celebra ouro inédito no Pan-Americano
- ^ Rafael Macedo conquista medalha de prata nos Jogos Pan-Americanos. É a terceira medalha da Sogipa no evento
- ^ Pan 2023: Samanta Soares é ouro, e Brasil já tem melhor campanha da história no judô
- ^ Baby batalha, mas Brasil perde para Cuba e fica com a prata nas equipes mistas do judô nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
- ^ Beatriz Souza e Guilherme Schimidt são ouro no Pan-Americano de Judô
- ^ Rafael Macedo se despede do Mundial nas oitavas de final
- ^ Judoca Rafael Macedo chega até a disputa do bronze, mas comete infração decisiva
- ^ ‘Me dediquei muito pela medalha’, diz judoca Rafael Macedo após bronze nas Olimpíadas de Paris
- ^ Rafael Macedo beats Dutchman and wins bronze at the Tbilisi Grand Slam
- ^ Brazil wins seven more podiums at the Pan American Championships and Oceania Judo Championship and guarantees the country's best campaign in the history of the competition
External links
Media related to Rafael Macedo at Wikimedia Commons
- Rafael Macedo at the International Judo Federation
- Rafael Macedo at JudoInside.com
- Rafael Macedo at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Rafael Macedo at Olympics.com
- Rafael Macedo at Olympedia
- Rafael Macedo at The-Sports.org
- Rafael Macedo on Instagram