Leandro Guilheiro Explained

Leandro Guilheiro
Birth Name:Leandro Marques Guilheiro
Birth Date:7 August 1983
Birth Place:Suzano, Brazil
Country:Brazil
Weight Class:–73 kg, –81 kg
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:2010
Worlds Weight:Men's 81 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2009
Regionals Year2:2011
Regionals Year3:2012
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Men's 73 kg
Olympics Year2:2008
Olympics Weight2:Men's 73 kg
Updated:30 May 2023

Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born 7 August 1983) is a Brazilian male judoka. He won bronze medals in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Brazilian judoka to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. Guilheiro plays a classical style of judo fighting in an upright stance and using techniques such as uchi mata, ippon seoi nage, morate seoi nage and o soto gari. He has done modeling work in Brazil.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://esporte.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/brasileiros/judo/guilheiro.jhtm 2004 Olympics profile