Danielli Yuri

{{Short description|Brazilian judoka (born 1984)}}

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{{MedalSport |Women's judo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | - 63 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Judo Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2008 Montreal | - 63 kg}}

{{MedalSilver| 2009 Buenos Aires | - 63 kg}}

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Danielli Yuri-Barbosa (born January 3, 1984) is a judoka from Brazil.

Biography

Yuri-Barbosa was born in Registro, São Paulo, but she lives in São Caetano do Sul.

She began with judo in Japan. When she was little her family moved to Japan to make some money. Her father worked there in factories and when they came back to Brazil he opened a judo school.{{Cite web|url=http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/judo/danielli-yuri.jhtm|title = Danielli Yuri: Judô - UOL Esporte}}

Yuri likes to be with her family, she likes reading, watching movies. Her favorite actor is Samuel L. Jackson. She can't to say "no" when somebody asked her for a favor and during matches she uses same hairgrip.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nj.com.br/1.perfil/danieli_yuri.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203194832/http://www.nj.com.br/1.perfil/danieli_yuri.php |archive-date=2008-12-03 |url-status=dead }}

Before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Brazilian Judo Federation was unsure who would represent Brazil in half-middleweight. They hesitated between mature Vânia Ishii and young Yuri, but Yuri was chosen.

Judo

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she was eliminated in the first round by Korean Kong Ja-young. It was an aggressive match where Yuri was leading by wazari but two minutes before the end she made a mistake and Kong won by ippon.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/danielli-barbosa-1.html Danielli Barbosa at Sports Reference]

Achievements

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2007Pan American Games

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008Pan American Judo Championships

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008Olympic Games

|bgcolor="white" align="center" | 18th

Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2009Pan American Judo Championships

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)

References

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