Ketleyn Quadros

{{Infobox judoka

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 October 1987}}

| birth_place = Ceilândia, Federal District, Brazil

| image = Ketleyn Quadros.jpg

| caption = Quadros in 2008

| country = {{BRA}}

| weight_class = –63 kg

| rank =

| rank_ref =

| dan =

| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 2008

| olympics_weight = Women's 57 kg

| worlds_rank = 5

| worlds_year = 2021

| worlds_weight = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_type = AM

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2021

| regionals_weight =

| nationals =

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country| {{BRA}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2008 Beijing | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Santiago | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2008 Miami | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 San José | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Guayaquil | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Brasilia | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Antalya | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Moscow | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Kazan | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2016 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Almaty | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2017 Cancún | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2011 Amsterdam | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2012 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Budapest | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2012 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Kazan | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

| updated = 29 April 2024

}}

Ketleyn Lima Quadros (born 1 October 1987) is a Brazilian judoka. She won a bronze medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal in an individual sport.

Personal life

Ketleyn was named after American actress Kathleen Turner.{{cite web|url=https://www.estadao.com.br/esportes/ketleyn-da-passarela-para-o-olimpo/|work=Estado de S. Paulo|language=pt|title=Ketleyn, da passarela para o olimpo|date=August 24, 2008|accessdate=November 5, 2023}} When she is not competing, Ketleyn Quadros enjoys traveling, family, friends and barbecue.{{cite web|url= https://fight-library.com/2021/04/28/ketleyn-quadros-a-lifetime-of-improvement/|title=Ketleyn Quadros: A Lifetime of Improvement|publisher=Fight-Library.com|author=Blaine Henry|date=April 28, 2021}}

Judo career

Quadros started practicing judo at the age of 7 when she saw a class while on the way to swimming class. She competed in judo and swimming until the age of 12 and then switched to judo full-time.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Quadros became the first Brazilian woman to win a medal in the Olympic Games in an individual sport.

In 2021, Ketleyn Quadros won gold at the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships at 63 kilograms. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, being the Brazilian flagbearer at the Parade of Nations alongside Bruno Rezende.{{cite web |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/07/Tokyo-2020-Opening-Ceremony-Flag-bearers-Marching-order.pdf?_ga=2.120143808.953436897.1650413868-amp-l66ZUeFJZSYK8m2QhwGA_A |title=The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony |website=olympics.com |publisher=IOC |access-date=26 April 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Judo QUADROS Ketleyn|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1338132-quadros-ketleyn.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-22|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822195032/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1338132-quadros-ketleyn.htm}} At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won one of the bronze medals in her event.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=27 November 2021|title=Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116058/lucy-renshall-judo-grand-slam-abu-dhabi|access-date=27 November 2021}}

References

External links

{{Sports links}}
{{SR/Olympics|qu/ketleyn-quadros-1|archive=20161203203234}}
{{The-Sports}}
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20080813124752/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/0/243190.shtml Ketleyn Quadros] at Beijing 2008 (archived)

{{succession box

| before = Edson Bindilatti

| title = Flagbearer for {{BRA}}

| years = Tokyo 2020
with
Bruno Rezende

| after = Edson Bindilatti
Jaqueline Mourão

}}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic judoka for Brazil

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil