João Souza (fencer)

{{Short description|Brazilian fencer (born 1983)}}

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| fullname = João Antônio de Albuquerque e Souza

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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| event = Foil

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{{MedalBronze| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Foil}}

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João Antônio de Albuquerque e Souza (born August 23, 1983 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian foil fencer.{{cite sports-reference|title = João Souza|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/joao-souza-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/joao-souza-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 30 December 2012}} Souza represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the individual foil event. He lost the first preliminary match to Japan's Yuki Ota, with a score of 4–15.{{cite web|title=Men's Individual Foil – Round of 32|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEM001500/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|access-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820214028/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc=FEM001500/index.html|archive-date=20 August 2012|url-status=dead}}

Souza also won a bronze medal for his category at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news|title=João Souza – Brazilian athletes profile|url=http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/2008/atletas-brasileiros/esgrima/joao-souza.jhtm|publisher=UOL Olimpíadas 2008|access-date=30 December 2012|language=pt}}