Rafael Macedo (judoka) explained

Rafael Macedo
Birth Date:15 September 1994
Birth Place:São José dos Campos, Brazil
Height:180 cm [1]
Country:Brazil
Weight Class:90 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Rank:R16
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Year2:2022
Worlds Weight2:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Year3:2023
Worlds Weight3:Men's 90 kg
Worlds Year4:2024
Worlds Weight4:Men's 90 kg
Regionals Type:AM
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2023
Updated:7 August 2024

Rafael Godoy de Macedo (born 15 September 1994 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian judoka.[2] [3]

Career

He moved to Porto Alegre in 2013 and started training at Sogipa, alongside some of the best judokas in the country.[4]

In 2014, he won the gold medal at the World Judo Juniors Championships.[5]

At the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships Macedo won a bronze medal in Middleweight (90 kg) category. [6]

At the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Ekaterinburg (Grand Slam is the tournament that gives the most points in the judo rankings after the Olympics, the World Championships and the World Masters), Macedo obtained the bronze medal.[7]

At the 2019 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category, and a gold medal at the Mixed team.[8]

At the 2019 World Judo Championships, Macedo won the first fight but was eliminated in the 2nd round. Representing Brazil in the mixed team, he obtained a bronze medal.[9] [10] [11]

At the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category, and a gold medal at the Mixed team.[12]

Macedo represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13] [14]

At the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category.[15]

Ranking 18th in the world, he participated in the 2021 World Judo Championships, where he won two fights and was eliminated in the round of 16 by Mongolian Gantulgyn Altanbagana.[16] In the mixed team competition, Macedo won a bronze representing Brazil.[17]

At the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya, Macedo obtained the bronze medal.[18]

At the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Macedo debuted with victory, but was eliminated by Olympic champion Lasha Bekauri in the round of 16.[19]

At the 2022 Judo World Masters (second most important competition on the judo circuit, after the World Championship), Macedo won the bronze medal. [20]

Ranking 11th in the world rankings in the 90kg judo category, Macedo competed in the 2023 World Judo Championships in Doha, Qatar. He won two fights, one of them against Krisztián Tóth, a Hungarian bronze medalist at the Olympics, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Russian Mansur Lorsanov.[21]

At the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada, he won three fights by ippon and won, for the first time, the gold medal in the continental competition after obtaining silver in three previous finals.[22]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, Macedo reached the final against Cuban Ivan Felipe Silva Morales and even forced two punishments on his opponent. Macedo was better in the fight, but, in an attempt to enter, he placed his head on the ground in a movement interpreted by the referee as irregular (hansoku-make, which is using the head as a defense of an entrance) and was disqualified, obtaining the silver medal.[23] [24] He also obtained silver in the Brazilian mixed team.[25]

At the 2024 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships, he won a bronze medal.[26]

At the 2024 World Judo Championships, Macedo reached the round of 16 of the competition for the fourth time in a row, where he was eliminated by the Japanese Goki Tajima, who ended up being the tournament champion.[27]

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Macedo reached the fight to compete for the bronze medal. In the bout, he suffered three shido (penalties). The referee's decision to give a third shido, which disqualified him as per judo rules, has been subject to criticism in his home country. Macedo finished in 5th place in the men's 90 kg event.[28] A few days later, the Brazilian team won one of the two bronze medals in the mixed team event, thus earning Macedo his first olympic medal.[29]

Notes and References

  1. https://cbj.com.br/public/uploads/documentos/20231023113430guia-do-judo-brasileiro-no-pan-de-santiago-2023.pdf CBJ profile page 32
  2. https://olimpiadatododia.com.br/atletas/judo/rafael-macedo-peso-medio-90kg-toquio-2020/ Rafael Macedo Profile
  3. https://cbj.com.br/public/uploads/documentos/20231023113430guia-do-judo-brasileiro-no-pan-de-santiago-2023.pdf CBJ profile page 32
  4. https://www.cob.org.br/pt/documentos/download/6af94f480cfca/ Guia do Time Brasil Jogos Olimpicos 2020
  5. https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/2014/10/rafael-macedo-conquista-o-primeiro-ouro-brasileiro-no-mundial-junior.html Rafael Macedo conquista o primeiro ouro brasileiro no Mundial Júnior
  6. https://esportes.r7.com/mais-esportes/brasil-encerra-pan-americano-de-judo-no-panama-com-12-medalhas-no-individual-29042017 Brasil encerra Pan-Americano de judô no Panamá com 12 medalhas no individual
  7. https://olimpiadatododia.com.br/judo/574765-rafael-macedo-quinto-lugar-grand-slam-paris/ Rafael Macedo perde disputa de bronze e fica em 5º no GS de Paris
  8. https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/empauta/brasil-conquista-15-medalhas-no-pan-de-judo/ Brasil conquista 15 medalhas no Pan de Judô
  9. Web site: 2019 World Judo Championships results. judolive01.lb.judobase.org. 2019-09-02.
  10. http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/brasileiros-de-despedem-na-terceira-rodada-entre-os-medios Brasileiros se despedem na terceira rodada, mas 'brasileira de Portugal' fica com a prata
  11. http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/equipes-mistas-encerram-o-mundial-de-judo-de-toquio Equipe mista conquista o bronze e Brasil sai de Tóquio com três terceiros lugares no Mundial
  12. http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/hegemonia-completa-brasil-fecha-o-pan-de-guadalajara-com-14-medalhas-individuais-e-o-titulo-por-equipes Brasil fecha o Pan de Guadalajara com 14 medalhas individuais e o título por equipes
  13. Web site: Brasil. Bolavip. Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio. 2021-06-27. Bolavip Brasil. pt-BR.
  14. Web site: Judo MACEDO Rafael. dead. 2021-08-23. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20210823021132/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1338156-macedo-rafael.htm.
  15. https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/rafael-silva-vence-david-moura-e-leva-o-ouro-no-pan-de-judo.ghtml Rafael Silva vence David Moura e leva o ouro no Pan de judô
  16. http://rededoesporte.gov.br/pt-br/noticias/maria-portela-fica-em-setimo-e-ve-evolucao-emocional-para-toquio Maria Portela fica em sétimo e vê evolução emocional para Tóquio
  17. https://ge.globo.com/olimpiadas/noticia/brasil-bate-a-russia-e-e-bronze-por-equipes-mistas-no-mundial-de-judo.ghtml Brasil bate a Rússia e é bronze por equipes mistas no Mundial de Judô
  18. https://olimpiadatododia.com.br/judo/574765-rafael-macedo-quinto-lugar-grand-slam-paris/ Rafael Macedo perde disputa de bronze e fica em 5º no GS de Paris
  19. https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/2022/10/10/maria-portela-e-luana-carvalho-sao-eliminadas-do-mundial-de-judo.ghtml Marcelo Gomes dá Ippon em vice-campeão olímpico, mas é 7º no Mundial
  20. https://www.folhape.com.br/esportes/mayra-aguiar-e-rafael-macedo-sao-bronze-no-world-masters-de-judo/251371/ Mayra Aguiar e Rafael Macedo são bronze no World Masters de Judô
  21. https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/2023/05/11/rafael-macedo-vence-medalhista-olimpico-mas-perde-para-russo.ghtml Rafael Macedo vence medalhista olímpico, mas perde para russo
  22. https://cbj.com.br/pt/noticias/rafael-macedo-celebra-ouro-inedito-no-panamericano-/ Rafael Macedo celebra ouro inédito no Pan-Americano
  23. https://www.sogipa.com.br/site/noticias/16892/rafael-macedo-conquista-medalha-de-prata-nos-jogos-pan-americanos-e-a-terceira-medalha-da-sogipa-no-evento Rafael Macedo conquista medalha de prata nos Jogos Pan-Americanos. É a terceira medalha da Sogipa no evento
  24. https://ge.globo.com/jogos-pan-americanos/noticia/2023/10/30/pan-2023-samanta-soares-garante-medalha-de-ouro-no-judo.ghtml Pan 2023: Samanta Soares é ouro, e Brasil já tem melhor campanha da história no judô
  25. https://olympics.com/pt/noticias/brasil-prata-equipes-mistas-judo-jogos-pan-americanos-2023 Baby batalha, mas Brasil perde para Cuba e fica com a prata nas equipes mistas do judô nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
  26. https://ge.globo.com/judo/noticia/2024/04/27/beatriz-souza-e-guilherme-schimidt-sao-ouro-no-pan-americano-de-judo.ghtml Beatriz Souza e Guilherme Schimidt são ouro no Pan-Americano de Judô
  27. https://judors.com.br/2024/05/22/rafael-macedo-se-despede-do-mundial-nas-oitavas-de-final/ Rafael Macedo se despede do Mundial nas oitavas de final
  28. https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2024/07/31/judoca-rafael-macedo-chega-ate-a-disputa-do-bronze-mas-comete-infracao-decisiva.ghtml Judoca Rafael Macedo chega até a disputa do bronze, mas comete infração decisiva
  29. https://ge.globo.com/sp/vale-do-paraiba-regiao/olimpiadas/noticia/2024/08/13/me-dediquei-muito-pela-medalha-diz-judoca-rafael-macedo-apos-bronze-nas-olimpiadas-de-paris.ghtml ‘Me dediquei muito pela medalha’, diz judoca Rafael Macedo após bronze nas Olimpíadas de Paris

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