Natália Falavigna Explained

Natália Falavigna
Birth Place:Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Natália Falavigna da Silva (born 9 May 1984[1] in Maringá[2] [3]) is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on 26 August, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the first Brazilian Olympic medal ever in taekwondo.[4]

Personal life

Falavigna was born in Maringá, and grew up in another city in the Paraná state, Londrina. At the age of four, she saw judoka Aurélio Miguel win a gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics and was inspired to become an athlete.[5] She practiced volleyball, basketball, soccer, swimming, and the first she dedicated the most, handball. In 1998, Falavigna was introduced by a friend to taekwondo, and while the first classes were "by impulse", the coach said Falavigna had potential and could become world champion. Two years later, she won the World Junior Taekwondo Championships in Ireland, becoming the first Brazilian to do so.[6] In the four years that followed, Falavigna ended up on the top three in 9 of the 11 international competitions she entered. In 2003, Falavigna entered a state of depression and even considered trading taekwondo for tennis, but found a new strength to the sport after winning silver at the 2003 Summer Universiade.

Achievements

Natália Falavigna won the following competitions:

Awards

Falavigna won the Brazilian Olympic Award's Women's Best Athlete of the Year in 2005,[7] and also won the 2002,[8] 2003,[9] 2004,[10] 2005, 2006,[11] 2008,[12] and 2009 Best Taekwondo Athlete.[13]

Career

2000 World Junior Taekwondo Championship

In 2000, two years after starting practicing taekwondo, Falavigna won the World Youth Taekwondo Championship, held in Killarney, Republic of Ireland.[14] It was the first international tournament that she participated in.

2001 World Taekwondo Championship

In 2001, in the World Taekwondo Championship held in Jeju, South Korea, Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal.[15]

2004 Summer Olympics

Natália Falavigna competed for the first time in the Olympics in 2004, when she finished in the fourth place in the competition. She was defeated in the semifinal by Chinese Chen Zhong. In the Repechage semifinals she defeated Italian Daniela Castrignano, but was beaten by Venezuelan Adriana Carmona in the bronze medal match.[16]

2005 World Taekwondo Championship

In 2005, in Madrid, Spain, Natália Falavigna defeated British Sarah Stevenson in the final, and won the World Taekwondo Championship.[17]

2007 World Taekwondo Championship

Falavigna won the bronze medal in the 2007 World Taekwondo Championship held in Beijing, China.[18]

2007 Pan American Games

Natália Falavigna performed the oath of the athletes at the opening ceremony of the Fifteenth Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.[19]

She won the silver medal at the women's +67-kilogram category. Falavigna defeated Venezuelan Aura Paez in the semifinals,[20] but was defeated by Mexican María del Rosario Espinoza in the gold medal match.[21]

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Olympic Games, held in Beijing, China, was Natália Falavigna's second participation in the Olympics. In the first stage, she defeated 3–1 the Greek Kyriaki Kouvari.[22] In the quarterfinals, Natália Falavigna beat the Australian Carmen Marton 5–2,[23] but she was defeated by Nina Solheim of Norway in the semifinals.[24] Falavigna won the bronze medal after beating the Swedish Karolina Kedzierska 5–2 in the bronze medal match of the Repechage.[25] Natália Falavigna's bronze medal was Brazil's first Olympic medal ever in taekwondo.

2009 World Taekwondo Championship

In 2009, in the World Taekwondo Championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Natália Falavigna won the bronze medal.[26]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natália Falavigna . 20 August 2008 . Terra . pt.
  2. Guia do Pan – XV Jogos Pan-Americanos. Rio de Janeiro: Lance!, 2007
  3. Web site: Natália Falavigna . 20 August 2008 . UOL . pt.
  4. Web site: Falavigna: 'Não poderia sair dos Jogos sem medalha' . 23 August 2008 . 23 August 2008 . Gazeta Esportiva . pt.
  5. Web site: Natália Falavigna . 20 June 2012 . UOL . pt.
  6. Web site: Olimpo cor-de-rosa . 29 August 2008 . 20 June 2012 . . pt . Marcelo Zorzanelli . Flavio Machado . Isabel Clemente.
  7. Web site: VII Prêmio Brasil Olímpico . 18 July 2007 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034028/http://www.cob.org.br/site/eventos_cob/eventos_cob_interna.asp?cod=54 . 27 September 2007 . dead.
  8. Web site: IV Prêmio Brasil Olímpico . 18 July 2007 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033839/http://www.cob.org.br/site/eventos_cob/eventos_cob_interna.asp?cod=25 . 27 September 2007 . dead.
  9. Web site: V Prêmio Brasil Olímpico . 18 July 2007 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034113/http://www.cob.org.br/site/eventos_cob/eventos_cob_interna.asp?cod=37 . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  10. Web site: VI Prêmio Brasil Olímpico . 18 July 2007 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033855/http://www.cob.org.br/site/eventos_cob/eventos_cob_interna.asp?cod=51 . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  11. Web site: VIII Prêmio Brasil Olímpico . 18 July 2007 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033924/http://www.cob.org.br/site/eventos_cob/eventos_cob_interna.asp?cod=57 . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  12. Web site: Veja a lista dos vencedores do Prêmio Brasil Olímpico por esporte . 24 November 2008 . 24 November 2008 . UOL . pt.
  13. Web site: COB anuncia nesta segunda-feira (21) os melhores atletas de 2009 . 3 June 2011 . 20 December 2009 . Brazilian Olympic Committee . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324231326/http://www.timebrasil.com.br/noticias/noticias_interna.asp?id=15095 . 24 March 2012 . dead .
  14. Web site: 3rd World Junior Taekwondo Championships . 20 August 2008 . World Taekwondo Federation.
  15. Web site: Taekwondo World Championships Women: -63 kg . 20 August 2008 . Sport123 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410210127/http://sports123.com/tae/ww-63.html . 10 April 2008 . dead .
  16. Web site: Falavigna cai na disputa do bronze diante de venezuelana . 18 July 2007 . 29 August 2004 . UOL . pt.
  17. Web site: Brasileira vence mundial de Taekwondo . 18 July 2007 . 15 April 2005 . Tribuna Catarinense . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927034849/http://www.jornaltribuna.com.br/esportes.php?id_materia=2664 . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  18. Web site: Algumas notícias retiradas do site da WTF sobre o Mundial de Taekwondo na China . 20 August 2008 . 23 May 2007 . Taekwondo.com.br . pt.
  19. Web site: Cerimônia de abertura para ficar na história . 18 July 2007 . 13 July 2007 . Gazeta Esportiva . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010925/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=121&nwid=39695 . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  20. Web site: Schedule and Results by Sport – Taekwondo . 18 July 2007 . 2007 Pan American Games official website . pt . https://web.archive.org/web/20070812120148/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8CA3C78413B9BA990113BA54AD401F6D.htm . 12 August 2007 . dead .
  21. Web site: Natália Falavigna perde na final e fica com a prata no taekwondo . 18 July 2007 . 17 July 2007 . Folha Online . pt.
  22. Web site: Esperança no taekowndo, Natália Falavigna vence e vai às quartas . 23 August 2008 . 22 August 2008 . UOL . pt.
  23. Web site: Natália Falavigna vence a segunda e vai à semifinal no taekwondo . 23 August 2008 . 23 August 2008 . UOL . pt.
  24. Web site: Natália Falavigna perde de norueguesa, mas luta pelo bronze no taekwondo . 23 August 2008 . 23 August 2008 . UOL . pt.
  25. Web site: Natália Falavigna é bronze no taekwondo . 23 August 2008 . 23 August 2008 . Globo Online . pt.
  26. Web site: Taekwondo World Championships Women: -63 kg . 20 August 2008 . World Taekwondo Federation.

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