Vinícius Figueira
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Born | 15 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 67 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vinícius Figueira (born 15 April 1991)[1] is a Brazilian karateka. In 2018, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[2][3]
Career[]
In 2014, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.
At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event.[1][4]
In March 2020, he was scheduled to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.[5][6] This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification.[7] In June 2021, he failed to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2014 | World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 3rd | Kumite 67 kg |
2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | Kumite 67 kg |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | Kumite 67 kg | |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | Kumite 67 kg |
References[]
- ^ a b "Vinícius Figueira". 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualification system revised". World Karate Federation. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
External links[]
- Vinícius Figueira at KarateRec.com
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- Brazilian male karateka
- Pan American Games medalists in karate
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Karateka at the 2019 Pan American Games
- South American Games medalists in karate
- South American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Brazilian martial arts biography stubs
- Karate biography stubs