Daniela Duque Estrada Polzin (born March 4, 1979, in

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) is a Brazilian

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who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She held a 2008 Brazilian senior title for her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including a silver from the

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, and also represented

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in the 57-kg class at the

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. Throughout most of her sporting career, Polzin also trained as a full-fledged member of Universidade Gama Filho's judo squad. Polzin qualified for the Brazilian squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the

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, by placing second from the Pan American Judo Championships in

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. She lost her opening match to Chinese judoka and eventual bronze medalist Gao Feng, who successfully scored an

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, and gripped her in the

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with a

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(shoulder wheel) assault at one minute and twenty-seven seconds. When her country

hosted the

, Polzin had to satisfy with a silver medal during her final match against Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the 48-kg division. An architect graduated in the Universidade Gama Filho, Polzin has since retirement designed training facilities for the

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* * 1979 births Living people Olympic judoka for Brazil Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Judoka from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian female judoka Pan American Games silver medalists in judo South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen Brazilian architects {{Brazil-judo-bio-stub