Daniela Polzin

{{Short description|Brazilian Olympic judoka (born 1979)}}

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| name = Daniela Polzin

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| fullname = Daniela Duque Estrada Polzin

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| nationality = {{BRA}}

| sport = Judo

| event = 48 kg

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| club = Universidade Gama Filho

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's judo}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Rio de Janeiro | –48 kg }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Montreal | –48 kg }}

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Daniela Duque Estrada Polzin (born March 4, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.{{cite sports-reference|title = Daniela Polzin|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/daniela-polzin-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/daniela-polzin-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 26 November 2014}} 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 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, and also represented Brazil in the 57-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Polzin also trained as a full-fledged member of Universidade Gama Filho's judo squad.{{cite news |last=Marques |first=Renato |title=Judô aposta na tradição para vencer em Atenas |trans-title=Judo bet on tradition to win in Athens |language=Portuguese |url=http://noticias.universia.com.br/destaque/noticia/2004/06/22/504528/ud-aposta-na-tradio-vencer-em-atenas.html |publisher=Universia Brasil |date=22 June 2004 |accessdate=26 November 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055155/http://noticias.universia.com.br/destaque/noticia/2004/06/22/504528/ud-aposta-na-tradio-vencer-em-atenas.html |url-status=dead }}

Polzin qualified for the Brazilian squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second from the Pan American Judo Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.{{cite news |title=Judô luta no Pan por 3 vagas olímpicas |trans-title=Pan Am judoka are fighting for 3 Olympic places |language=Portuguese |url=http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,judo-luta-no-pan-por-3-vagas-olimpicas,20040420p53953 |publisher=O Estado de S. Paulo |date=20 April 2004 |accessdate=26 November 2014}} She lost her opening match to Chinese judoka and eventual bronze medalist Gao Feng, who successfully scored an ippon, and gripped her in the tatami with a kata guruma (shoulder wheel) assault at one minute and twenty-seven seconds.{{cite web |title=Judo: Women's Extra-Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Round of 32 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/martial_arts/results/3534174.stm |work=Athens 2004 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 August 2004 |accessdate=31 January 2013}}{{cite news |title=Judô: Daniela Polzin está eliminada |trans-title=Judo: Daniela Polzin |language=Portuguese |url=http://virgula.uol.com.br/esporte/judocirc-daniela-polzin-estaacute-eliminada/ |publisher=Universo Online |date=14 August 2004 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}{{cite news |title=Daniela Polzin perde para chinesa no judô |trans-title=Daniela Polzin loses to Chinese judoka |language=Portuguese |url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/atenas2004/interna/0,,OI362412-EI2828,00-Daniela+Polzin+perde+para+chinesa+no+judo.html |publisher=Terra Networks |date=14 August 2004 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}

When her country Brazil hosted the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Polzin had to satisfy with a silver medal during her final match against Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the 48-kg division.{{cite news |last=Doro |first=Bruno |title=Daniela Polzin perde e fica com a prata no judô até 48 kg |trans-title=Daniela Polzin loses, but gets the silver medal in the 48-kg judo |language=Portuguese |url=http://pan.uol.com.br/pan/2007/ultnot/2007/07/22/ult4680u66.jhtm |publisher=Universo Online |date=22 July 2007 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}{{cite news |title=Judô: Daniela Polzin fica com a prata |trans-title=Judo: Daniela Polzin claims the silver |language=Portuguese |url=http://www.agenciario.com.br/materia.asp?cod=30062&codEdit=1 |publisher=Agência Rio de Notícias |date=22 July 2007 |accessdate=26 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030745/http://www.agenciario.com.br/materia.asp?cod=30062&codEdit=1 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

An architect graduated in the Universidade Gama Filho, Polzin has since retirement designed training facilities for the Brazilian Olympic Committee.https://www.lance.com.br/todos-esportes/cob-realiza-ultima-visita-vila-olimpica-londres.html

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