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Gabriel Falcão

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Gabriel Falcão
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Falcão Lira
Born (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21)
Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro
OccupationJudoka
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍73 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R64 (2024)
Pan American Champ.5th (2024)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Mixed team
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2024 Zagreb ‍–‍81 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali Mixed team
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍73 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF50471
JudoInside.com96439
Updated on 17 September 2024

Gabriel Falcão Lira (born 5 July 2003) is a Brazilian judoka.

Falcão has practiced judo since he was 3 years old. In 2016 he became an athlete at Instituto Reação, in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

At the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali, Colombia, Falcão won a gold medal in the ‍–‍73 kg category.[3]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, Falcão won his biggest title, obtaining the gold medal in the ‍–‍73 kg category.[4] He also obtained a silver medal for participating in the mixed team modality.[5]

References

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  1. ^ CBJ profile page 30
  2. ^ O Reação para mim é uma equipe forte em todos os sentidos
  3. ^ Judocas Aléxia Nascimento e Gabriel Falcão são campeões
  4. ^ "Pan 2023: Falcão e Schimidt dão mais dois ouros ao Brasil no judô" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  5. ^ Baby batalha, mas Brasil perde para Cuba e fica com a prata nas equipes mistas do judô nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
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