Maria Suelen Altheman (born 12 August 1988) is a Brazilian heavyweight

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. She won silver medals at the

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and bronze medals at the

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and

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. Altheman finished joint 5th at the

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. She beat

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in her first match, then Nihel Cheikh Rouhou before losing to Mika Sugimoto in the quarterfinals. Because Sugimoto reached the final, Altheman was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beat Gulzhan Issanova before losing her bronze medal match to Tong Wen. Altheman qualified for the

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, where she lost in the first fight. At the

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, Altman won her first fight only to injure her knee losing the quarterfinal to Romane Dicko, forcing her to abandon the tournament rather than go to the repechage.

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