Rafael Buzacarini
Buzacarini in 2016
Personal information
Born6 October 1991 (1991-10-06) (age 32)
Barra Bonita, São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationJudoka
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class–100 kg
ClubAssociação de Judô Vila Sônia[1]
Coached byLuiz Shinohara
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2016)
World Champ.R16 (2019, 2021, 2022)
Pan American Champ. (2020, 2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Guadalajara ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Lima ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Guayaquil ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2015 Paris ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2013 Almaty ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Samsun ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Almaty ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Antalya ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Perth ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Miami ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Qingdao ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍100 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Men's team
Profile at external databases
IJF11829
JudoInside.com89438
Updated on 12 November 2023.

Rafael Augusto Buzacarini (born 6 October 1991) is a heavyweight judoka from Brazil. He won two silver medals at the 2020 and 2022 Pan American Judo Championships and qualified for the 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics.[1][2]

Career

He began practicing judo at the age of five, with encouragement from his parents. He moved to São Paulo, starting to defend the Vila Sônia Judo Association. In 2012, he was runner-up in the Brazilian under-23 championship. The following year, he was a silver medalist at the Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan and a bronze medalist at the Grand Prix in Qingdao, China. He also won two bronze medals at the Universiade held in Kazan, Russia.[3]

At the 2014 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, he won a bronze medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) category. [4]

He competed in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, reaching the round of 16 in the Men's 100 kg category, where he was defeated by eventual bronze medalist, Japanese Ryunosuke Haga.[5]

At the 2019 World Judo Championships, Buzacarini won two fights and reached the round of 16, where he was eliminated by Elmar Gasimov, Olympic runner-up in 2016.[6]

He represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[7][8] held in 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. He was defeated in his debut in the Men's 100 kg category by Belgian Toma Nikiforov. He represented Brazil in the mixed team competition, with a 4-2 defeat to Israel.[9][10]

At the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico, he won a silver medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) category. [11]

At the 2021 World Judo Championships, Buzacarini debuted against Estonian judoka Grigori Minaskin and achieved one of the most beautiful ippon of the day at the Laszlo Papp Arena. The Brazilian aggressively attacked the Dutchman Michael Korrel, bronze in the last World Championships, in Tokyo 2019, but ended up being eliminated in the round of 16.[12]

At the 2022 Pan American Judo Championships held in Lima, Peru, he won a silver medal in the Half-heavyweight (100 kg) category. [13]

At the 2022 World Judo Championships, Bye in the opening round, Buzacarini (12th in the ranking) debuted with an ippon against Kazakh Islam Bozbayev (44th), but in the round of 16, he had to face Korrel again (no. 2 in the world), who eliminated him from the World Championship in 2021. The dispute with Korrel was fierce (both received two shido) and well balanced, but the Dutchman managed a waza-ari and came out on top, advancing in the competition.[14]

Number 17 in the world in the light heavyweight category (-100kg), Buzacarini entered the 2023 World Judo Championships and advanced to the round of 16, winning two fights, but fell to Canadian Kyle Reyes, world runner-up last year.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 Rafael Buzacarini. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ Rafael Buzacarini. judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Rafael Augusto Buzacarini Profile Olimpiada Todo Dia
  4. ↑ Brasil conquista ouro e bronze no último dia do judô nos Jogos Sul-Americanos
  5. ↑ Judoca Rafael Buzacarini é eliminado da Olimpíada em disputa contra japonês
  6. ↑ Mayra Aguiar é bronze e conquista sexta medalha em Mundiais de Judô
  7. ↑ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Judo BUZACARINI Rafael". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Rafael Buzacarini perde na estreia e está fora das Olimpíadas no judô
  10. ↑ Judô por equipes: Brasil perde para Israel e é eliminado nos Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio
  11. ↑ Brasil fecha o Pan de Guadalajara com 14 medalhas individuais e o título por equipes
  12. ↑ Mayra Aguiar e Rafael Buzacarini param nas oitavas no sexto dia de Mundial de judô
  13. ↑ Buzacarini conquista a prata no Pan de Judô
  14. ↑ Buzacarini cai para o 2º ranking nos meio-pesados no Mundial; Mayra Aguiar briga pelo ouro
  15. ↑ Buzacarini chega às oitavas sem precisar lutar, mas cai no Mundial de judô

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