Vinícius Figueira Explained

Vinícius Figueira
Birth Date:	1991 4, df=yes
Country:	Brazil
Sport:	Karate
Weight Class:	67 kg
Event:	Kumite

Vinícius Figueira (born 15 April 1991)^[1] is a Brazilian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^{[2] [3]}

Career

In 2014, Figueira won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.^[4]

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event.^{[1] [5]}

In March 2020, Figueira was scheduled to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.^{[6] [7]} This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification.^[8] In June 2021, he failed to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Figueira won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.^{[10] [11]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	3rd	Kumite 67kg
2018	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	2nd	Kumite 67kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	Kumite 67kg
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	Kumite 67kg
2022	World Games	Birmingham, United States	1st	Kumite 67kg

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vinícius Figueira. 2019 Pan American Games. 26 April 2020.
2. Web site: 2018 World Karate Championships. SportData. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426163137/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=188&active_menu=calendar. 26 April 2020. 26 April 2020.
3. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf. 26 November 2020. 30 December 2020. 2018 World Karate Championships.
4. Web site: 2014 World Karate Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20211124045916/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/5/Results.pdf . 24 November 2021 . 21 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
5. News: De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países. 12 August 2019. Agencia EFE. 17 April 2020. es.
6. News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. WKF.net. 18 April 2020.
7. News: Shefferd. Neil. World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2020.
8. News: 3 March 2021. Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualification system revised. World Karate Federation. 23 May 2021.
9. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
10. News: 8 July 2022 . Sandra Sanchez and Anzhelika Terliuga lead way to medals on Day 1 of Karate at The World Games . World Karate Federation . 9 July 2022.
11. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.