Rafael Macedo
Macedo in 2018
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994
São José dos Campos, Brazil
OccupationJudoka
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR64 (2020)
World Champ.R16 (2021, 2022, 2023)
Pan American Champ. (2023)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Budapest Mixed team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Mixed team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Guadalajara Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Guadalajara ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Guadalajara ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Panama City ‍–‍90 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍90 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Perth ‍–‍90 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍90 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍81 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 San Salvador ‍–‍81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF17101
JudoInside.com76969
Updated on 1 November 2023.

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 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category, and a gold medal at the Mixed team.[7]

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.[8][9][10]

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.[11]

Macedo represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12][13]

At the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships, Macedo won a silver medal in the Middleweight (90 kg) category.[14]

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.[15] In the mixed team competition, Macedo won a bronze representing Brazil.[16]

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.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

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.[20][21] He also obtained silver in the Brazilian mixed team.[22]

References

  1. ↑ CBJ profile page 32
  2. ↑ Rafael Macedo Profile
  3. ↑ CBJ profile page 32
  4. ↑ Guia do Time Brasil Jogos Olimpicos 2020
  5. ↑ Rafael Macedo conquista o primeiro ouro brasileiro no Mundial Júnior
  6. ↑ Brasil encerra Pan-Americano de judô no Panamá com 12 medalhas no individual
  7. ↑ Brasil conquista 15 medalhas no Pan de Judô
  8. ↑ "2019 World Judo Championships results". judolive01.lb.judobase.org. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Brasileiros se despedem na terceira rodada, mas 'brasileira de Portugal' fica com a prata
  10. ↑ Equipe mista conquista o bronze e Brasil sai de Tóquio com três terceiros lugares no Mundial
  11. ↑ Brasil fecha o Pan de Guadalajara com 14 medalhas individuais e o título por equipes
  12. ↑ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Judo MACEDO 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.
  14. ↑ Rafael Silva vence David Moura e leva o ouro no Pan de judô
  15. ↑ Maria Portela fica em sétimo e vê evolução emocional para Tóquio
  16. ↑ Brasil bate a Rússia e é bronze por equipes mistas no Mundial de Judô
  17. ↑ Marcelo Gomes dá Ippon em vice-campeão olímpico, mas é 7º no Mundial
  18. ↑ Rafael Macedo vence medalhista olímpico, mas perde para russo
  19. ↑ Rafael Macedo celebra ouro inédito no Pan-Americano
  20. ↑ Rafael Macedo conquista medalha de prata nos Jogos Pan-Americanos. É a terceira medalha da Sogipa no evento
  21. ↑ Pan 2023: Samanta Soares é ouro, e Brasil já tem melhor campanha da história no judô
  22. ↑ Baby batalha, mas Brasil perde para Cuba e fica com a prata nas equipes mistas do judô nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023

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