Maria Suelen Altheman(born 12 August 1988) is a Brazilian heavyweightjudoka.She won silver medals at theworld championshipsin2013and2014and bronze medals at thePan American Gamesin2011and2015.
Altheman finished joint 5th at the2012 Summer Olympics.She beatAnne-Sophie Mondièrein her first match, thenNihel Cheikh Rouhoubefore losing toMika Sugimotoin the quarterfinals. Because Sugimoto reached the final, Altheman was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beatGulzhan Issanovabefore losing her bronze medal match toTong Wen.[2]
Altheman qualified for the2016 Summer Olympics,where she lost in the first fight.[1]At the2020 Summer Olympics,Altman won her first fight only to injure her knee losing the quarterfinal toRomane Dicko,forcing her to abandon the tournament rather than go to the repechage.[3]
References
edit- ^ab"Maria Suelen Altheman".COB.org.br(in Brazilian Portuguese).Comitê Olímpico do Brasil.Archivedfrom the original on 19 September 2016.Retrieved9 August2016.
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Maria Altheman".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2017.Retrieved1 September2017.
- ^"Judô: Maria Suelen Altheman tem lesão grave no ligamento do joelho esquerdo".Istoé(in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 July 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 2 October 2022.Retrieved30 July2021.
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- Maria Suelen Althemanat AllJudo.net(in French)
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