Rochele Nunes Judoka

Rochele Nunes

Country:Portugal
Born:19 June 1989 (30 years)
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Judo Heavyweight Rochele Nunes won the Universiade in Kazan (Student World Championships) in 2013 for Brazil. She won the Pan American Open in Lima in 2017. In 2019 she switched to Portugal and captured bronze at the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv in 2019 and took bronze at the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg. She captured a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Tbilisi in 2019 and bronze at the Grand Slam in Brasilia. She took a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2020

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French youngster Romane Dicko signs significant win

26 Jan 2020 07:30

Building on her performance at the 2019 World Masters, during which she won gold, Dutch Tessie Savelkouls entered the final against the 2018 European Champion, long injured, but back at the highest level, Romane Dicko (FRA). The French controlled the final and scored ippon with an o-uchi-gari to take a significative win in Tel Aviv. Read more

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Beatriz Souza wins all-Brazilian final to reset race for Tokyo 2020

9 Oct 2019 08:50

Two Brazilians heavyweights in the final of the Grand Slam in Brasilia. The World number eight Beatriz Souza beat world silver medallist Maria Suelen Altheman (BRA) for the first time on the IJF stage to claim her first Grand Slam gold medal. The 21-year-old defeated world number three Altheman, 31, after throwing for a waza-ari score and pinning down her teammate with a kesa-gatame. Read more

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Lots of surprises U90kg at day three in Minsk

24 Jun 2019 14:25

What an amazing battle field in the category U90kg where World Champion Nikoloz Sherazadishvili lost too early against Swiss Ciril Grossklaus. It was just one of those surprises. 2017 European Champion Aleksandar Kukolj lost to Mikail Ozerler, the world’s runner up of 2017 who reached the final. Another Serbian Nemanja Majdov, 2017 World Champion, lost to Frazer Chamberlain (GBR) where Dutchman Noël van ‘t End won this pool and defeated Axel Clerget on the road. Read more

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Belarus hopes for gold medal for Maryna Slutskaya

22 Jun 2019 12:55

There are enough heavyweight judoka in Europe to make the heavyweight category interesting. The major favourites for the home crowd will be Maryna Slutskaya, former number one of the World and 2017 European Champion. She might be just back in time for this unique opportunity for Belarus to win a European title at home. Read more

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Julia Tolofua fights back tears after shock win

31 Mar 2019 16:05

French outsider Julia Tolofua was the surprise heavyweight winner on the last day in Tbilisi as the little-known +78kg fighter defeated Junior World Championships silver medallist Beatriz Souza (BRA) in the final. In her first IJF final Tolofua took the contest to the world number nine who was thrown with an o-soto-gari for a waza-ari score and that was the only time the scoreboard was summoned. Read more