Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born 7 August 1983) is a Brazilian male
judoka
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. He won bronze medals in the lightweight (73 kg) division at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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and at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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. He became the first Brazilian judoka to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. Guilheiro plays a classical style of judo fighting in an upright stance and using techniques such as uchi mata, ippon seoi nage, morate seoi nage and o soto gari. He has done modeling work in Brazil.
2004 Olympics profile
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1983 births
Living people
People from Suzano
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2007 Pan American Games
Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games
Olympic judoka for Brazil
Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Brazilian male judoka
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
Pan American Games gold medalists in judo
Pan American Games silver medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Martial artists from São Paulo (state)
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
Military World Games gold medalists for Brazil
Military World Games medalists in judo
Esporte Clube Pinheiros judoka
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