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Rafaela Silva
- Country:Brazil
- Born:24 April 1992 (28 years)
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Rafaela Silva: "Fake news, I will not move into MMA"
Brazilian Rafaela Silva, the 2013 world judo champion and former 2016 Olympic gold medalist U57kgs will not make her debut in MMA as some media have reported. Due to her suspension the obvious flight would be to move into MMA, but Silva doesn't have plans to make that step. "It's fake news" Silva explains the rumours. "I won't go into MMA" Read more

God has another purpose for Rafaela Silva
The suspension of Rafaela Silva remains valid. Her coach Rosicleia Campos said that God has other plans for Rafaela referring to the Paris Olympic Games. While she might still have a shot at a few more World Championships, since they are held annually, her hopes of being a double Olympic champion are pretty much dashed. Silva is 28 years old now and by the time the next Olympics comes around, she will be 32. Oon Yeoh of JudoCrazy zoomed in on her career Read more

Rafaela Silva can forget the Olympic Games
Olympic judo champion Rafaela Silva has lost her appeal against a two-year doping ban and will miss the Tokyo Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday upheld the sanction imposed by the International Judo Federation in January. Read more

Olympic judo champion Rafaela Silva banned for two years for doping
The judo Olympic champion intends to fight doping case at CAS after testing positive for a banned substance at the Pan American Games in Lima. Rafaela Silva says she intends to fight her doping case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Rio 2016 Olympic champion tested positive for banned substance fenoterol during the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Read more

Nekoda Smithe-Davis secures gold with emphatic victory
Two-time world medallist Nekoda Smythe-Davis of Great Britain stormed past Grand Slam debutant Ketelyn Nascimento (BRA) in the U57kg final to win Grand Slam gold for the second time in her flourishing career. Londoner Smythe-Davis, who won the Düsseldorf Grand Slam last year, got stronger as the contest went on and pulled away from her new opponent in golden score with a thunderous o-soto-gari for ippon after two minutes of additional time. Read more
- 27 Sep 2019Rafaela Silva stripped of her Panam Games medal
- 20 Sep 2019Brazilian judo hero Rafaela Silva admits positive doping test
- 27 Aug 2019Christa Deguchi writes history for Canada
- 27 Aug 2019Christa Deguchi wants to stunt in Japan
- 14 Aug 2019Japan understands the art of winning a final
- 12 Jul 2019Rafaela Silva is back to Olympic level
- 10 May 2019Olympic champion Silva beats world champion Yoshida
- 10 May 2019Spanish lightweights inspired by competition in Baku
Result | City | Date |
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1 | Wuhan | 2019 |
3 | Brasilia | 2019 |
3 | Tokyo | 2019 |
3 | Tokyo | 2019 |
1 | Budapest | 2019 |
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