Lucélia Ribeiro | |
Nationality: | Brazilian |
Fullname: | Lucélia de Carvalho Ribeiro Brose |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1978 |
Birth Place: | Brasília, Distrito Federal |
Height: | 1.63 m |
Country: | Brazil |
Sport: | Karate |
Event: | Kumite |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lucélia Ribeiro (born 12 April 1978) is a Brazilian karateka.
Passionate about the sport, Ribeiro started practicing karate hidden from her parents. At the age of 21, she won her first gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, a feat she repeated three more times, becoming the first Brazilian woman four times gold medalist.[1]
Lucélia married fellow Brazilian karateka Douglas Brose in 2012.[2] Currently resides in the city of Florianópolis.[3]