Flávio Canto

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| country = Brazil

| weight_class = –81 kg

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| worlds_rank = 5

| worlds_year = 2010

| worlds_weight = Men's 81 kg

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| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 1997

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| regionals_year2 = 1999

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| regionals_year3 = 2003

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| regionals_year4 = 2004

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| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 2004

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{{Medal|B| 2004 Athens | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2003 Santo Domingo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1999 Winnipeg | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1995 Mara del Plata | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1997 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1999 Montevideo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2003 Salvador | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2004 Isla Margarita | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2006 Buenos Aires | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2010 San Salvador | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2009 Buenos Aires | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1996 San Juan | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1998 Santo Domingo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2002 Santo Domingo | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Moscow | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2002 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}81 kg }}

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Flávio Vianna de Ulhôa Canto (born 16 April 1975, in Oxford, England) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in Men's 81 kg Judo.

He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Flavio Canto: The Judo Day of my Life |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/4020/Flavio_Canto_The_Judo_Day_of_my_Life |publisher=Judo Inside |access-date=10 April 2022 |language=en |date=8 June 2020}}{{cite Sports-Reference}}

He is the founder and president of the Instituto Reação, and also presenter of the TV shows Corujão do Esporte on TV Globo and Sensei on SporTV.

Biography

Flavio Canto was born in Oxford, England, where his father had a doctorate in nuclear physics. At two years old he came to Brazil and started Judo at fourteen. Despite starting Judo at a relatively advanced age, he was still able to compete at the national level in only five years. He is also a 6th degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

He married actress and presenter Fiorella Mattheis in 2013. They divorced in 2014.

Judo career

Flávio Canto was selected in national team for the first time in 1995 when he won the bronze medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.

In 1996 he got the 7th place at the Olympics in Atlanta and in 1999 was silver medalist in the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. He lost the qualifiers for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games to Tiago Camilo, won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and then defeated Camilo to fight in the 2004 Athens Olympics, where Canto got the Olympic bronze medal. In the 2007 Pan American Games, Canto wound up out of the podium after injuring his elbow in the semifinal.[https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/esportes/noticia/2018/01/tiago-camilo-colou-uma-foto-de-flavio-canto-na-parede-do-quarto-para-lembra-lo-da-forca-do-rival-cjcuwc2vz04bp01phr03rv3se.html Tiago Camilo colou uma foto de Flávio Canto na parede do quarto para lembrá-lo da força do rival]{{Cite web |title=FLÁVIO CANTO |url=https://www.cob.org.br/pt/cob/time-brasil/atletas/flavio-vianna-de-ulhoa-canto/ |website=Comitê Olimpico do Brasil}} He was World Ranking Leader U81kg in 2010, and retired from competition in 2012.

Instituto Reação social project

In 2003 Flávio Canto created Instituto Reação, a non-governmental organization that promotes human development and social inclusion through sports and education, promoting judo from the sport initiation to a level of high performance. Instituto Reação works in low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro including Rocinha, Pequena Cruzada, Cidade de Deus and Tubiacanga.

The Institute serves about 1,000 children and young people between 4 and 25 years old and has played a prominent role in competitions, including having helped train the current Olympic and world junior judo champion, Rafaela Lopes Silva.

References

External links

{{Official website}} {{in lang|pt}}
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[https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-instituto-reao-flvio-cantos-social-project-in-rio-de-janeiro/ Fightland - Inside Instituto Reação Flavio Canto's social project in Rio de Janeiro] Vice Media
[http://esporte.uol.com.br/olimpiadas/brasileiros/judo/flaviocanto.jhtm Profile] {{in lang|pt}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015120615/http://flaviocanto.blog.oi.com.br/ Blog do Flávio Canto] {{in lang|pt}}
[http://www.institutoreacao.org.br Instituto Reação] {{in lang|pt}}

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:English emigrants to Brazil

Category:Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Judoka at the 1995 Pan American Games

Category:Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games

Category:Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games

Category:Olympic judoka for Brazil

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil

Category:Olympic medalists in judo

Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics