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Beatriz Souza

Brazilian judoka (born 1998)

Beatriz Souza

Souza during the 2023 Pan American Games

Personal information

Born

(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)
Itariri, São Paulo, Brazil^[1]

Occupation

Judoka

Height

176 cm (5 ft 9 in)^[1]

Weight

135.2 kg (298 lb)

Sport

Country

Brazil

Sport

Judo

Weight class

+78 kg

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

(2024)

World Champ.

(2022)

Pan American Champ.

(2017, 2021, 2022,

( 2023, 2024)

Medal record

Women's judo

Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	+78 kg
	2024 Paris	Mixed team
World Championships
	2017 Budapest	Mixed team
	2022 Tashkent	+78 kg
	2019 Tokyo	Mixed team
	2021 Budapest	+78 kg
	2021 Budapest	Mixed team
	2023 Doha	+78 kg
Pan American Games
	2023 Santiago	Mixed team
	2019 Lima	+78 kg
	2023 Santiago	+78 kg
Pan American Championships
	2017 Panama City	+78 kg
	2021 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2022 Lima	+78 kg
	2023 Calgary	+78 kg
	2024 Rio de Janeiro	+78 kg
	2018 San José	+78 kg
	2020 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2019 Lima	+78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2019 Brasilia	+78 kg
	2021 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2023 Baku	+78 kg
	2021 Tashkent	+78 kg
	2022 Tel Aviv	+78 kg
	2017 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2018 Ekaterinburg	+78 kg
	2019 Osaka	+78 kg
	2020 Paris	+78 kg
	2020 Budapest	+78 kg
	2021 Tbilisi	+78 kg
	2021 Kazan	+78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
	2024 Linz	+78 kg
	2018 Tunis	+78 kg
	2019 Tbilisi	+78 kg
	2019 Antalya	+78 kg
	2023 Perth	+78 kg
	2018 Cancún	+78 kg
World Juniors Championships
	2018 Nassau	+78 kg
	2017 Zagreb	+78 kg
World Cadets Championships
	2015 Sarajevo	+70 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

23953

JudoInside.com

38156

Updated on 3 August 2024

Beatriz Rodrigues de Souza (Portuguese pronunciation: [beaˈtɾiz ʁoˈdɾiɡis dʒi ˈsowza]; born 20 May 1998 in Itariri) is a Brazilian judoka. She represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the Women's +78 kg competition.

Early life

Beatriz Rodrigues de Souza was born on 20 May 1998 in Itariri, São Paulo, daughter of the military veteran and ex-judoka Poscedonio José de Souza Neto.^[2]^[3] She was raised in the coastal town of Peruíbe.

Career

Her first medal was at the 2017 Pan American Championships, held in Panama City.^[2]

Souza won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.^[4]

Souza won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[5]

In 2024 Summer Olympics, she defeated Raz Hershko, winning Brazil's first gold medal in the Women's over 78 kg category, with Sarah Menezes as her coach.^[6]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b CBJ profile page 26
^ ^a ^b ^c "Quem é Beatriz Souza? Medalhas, altura, peso e história da judoca" [Who is Beatriz Souza? Medals, height, weight and history of the judoka]. GloboEsporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "Bia Souza: de superação ao ouro; conheça a medalhista olímpica" (in Portuguese). Hoje em Dia. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
^ "2019 World Judo Championships results". judobase.org. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Beatriz Souza vence final do judô e garante 1º ouro do Brasil" (in Brazilian Portuguese). CNN Sports. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.