Willian Lima
Personal information
Born (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍66 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.R16 (2022, 2023)
Pan American Champ. (2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Guadalajara ‍–‍66 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍66 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cali ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍60 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF36987
JudoInside.com112217
Updated on 1 November 2023.

Willian de Sousa e Lima (born 31 January 2000 in Mogi das Cruzes) is a Brazilian judoka.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Judo entered Lima's life at the age of six, but it was not the São Paulo native's first option. When he was younger, he traveled to the beach every weekend with his family and had a very strong connection with the water. Therefore, he opted for swimming. However, he was neither old nor tall enough to start the sport. He started judo, at the Namie Judo Association, planning to leave the sport later, but began to stand out in the sport. In 2015, he joined the Esporte Clube Pinheiros team in São Paulo.[6]

His first major result with the main judo team was in July 2019: bronze at the Universiade in Napoli, Italy. From this result, the judoka appeared on the podium of several competitions with the senior team.[7]

Lima won gold at the 2019 World Judo Juniors Championships in Marrakesh, Morocco.[8]

Lima is the gold medallist of the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships in the ‍–‍66 kg category.[9][10]

At the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Lima, Peru, he won a bronze medal in the Half-lightweight (66 kg) category. [11] He also won a gold medal in Brazil's mixed team. [12]

At the 2022 World Judo Championships, Lima started the competition by winning with a lightning ippon over Romeo Radu Izvoreanu, but in the second round he faced the Japanese Joshiro Maruyama, two-time world champion (2019-2021), who managed to beat the Brazilian by ippon, after losing by waza-ari. [13]

At the 2023 World Judo Championships, Lima debuted with victory over Ramazan Kodzharov (BRN), cut from the competition for failing to weigh in. Qualified for the next round, he beat Nurali Emomali (TJK) by waza-ari with just over a minute to go. In the round of 16, he faced Frenchman Walide Khyar and ended up being defeated after four minutes of golden score - also by waza-ari. The Frenchman ended up winning the bronze medal in the tournament.[14]

At the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Half-lightweight (66 kg) category. [15]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Lima started by losing the first fight, but recovered and throughout the competition, he obtained bronze, dedicating his medal to his newborn son, called Dom.[16][17] He also obtained a silver for participating in the mixed team modality.[18]

References

  1. ↑ CBJ profile page 28
  2. ↑ "Willian Lima IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Willian Lima JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Willian Lima vê sonho por Tóquio vivo e comemora retorno aos treinos em Portugal
  5. ↑ CBJ profile page 28
  6. ↑ Willian Lima vê sonho por Tóquio vivo e comemora retorno aos treinos em Portugal
  7. ↑ Brasil conquista dois bronzes no judô da Universíade na Itália
  8. ↑ Brasileiro derrota japonês na final e é campeão mundial júnior de judô no Marrocos
  9. ↑ "Results 2021 Pan American Judo Championships -66 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. ↑ Brasil conquista três ouros, duas pratas e dois bronzes no primeiro dia do Pan-Americano de Judô sênior
  11. ↑ Brasil conquista quatro ouros e dois bronzes no primeiro dia de Pan-Americano de Judô, em Lima
  12. ↑ Brasil vence Cuba e leva ouro por equipes do Pan de judô
  13. ↑ Larissa Pimenta termina em sétimo no Mundial de judô
  14. ↑ Mundial de Judô 2023: Willian Lima fica nas oitavas da categoria até 66kg
  15. ↑ Brasil vence Cuba e é campeão do Pan-Americano de Judô
  16. ↑ ECP no Pan 23: Larissa Pimenta e Alexia Nascimento conquistam ouro e Willian Lima é bronze
  17. ↑ Pai de 1ª viagem, Willian Lima se inspira em filho recém-nascido na busca por medalha para o judô no Pan
  18. ↑ 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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