Aline Ferreira

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.

Aline Ferreira
Personal information
Full nameAline da Silva Ferreira
NationalityBrazilian
Born18 October 1986 (1986-10-18) (age 37)
São Paulo
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Tashkent 75 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 72 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima 76 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 75 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place
2017 Salvador
 75 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago 75 kg

Aline da Silva Ferreira (born 18 October 1986) is a female wrestler from Brazil.[1] She became the 2014 Vice-World Champion in the 75 kg weight class.

Early life

Ferreira first began learning judo as a teenager in her hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. After two years, she switched in 2001 to wrestling. She belongs to the Sesi Osasco São Paulo club and has primarily been trained by Alejo Morales. At 5 ft 8 in and weighing about 176 pounds, Ferreira wrestles in the heavyweight class.

Career

In 2011 at the Guadalajara Pan Am Games, Ferreira won silver in the 72 kg freestyle.[2]

She won the silver medal the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and she became the first Brazilian wrestler to win a medal in World Wrestling Championships.[3]

At

2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]

She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Aline da Silva Ferreira: Pan 2011 – Jogos de Guadalajara – iG". Esporte. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Wrestling Athlete Profile : FERREIRA Aline - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Aline Silva consegue feito inédito com prata no Mundial de luta olímpica". Lance!. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Aline conquista vaga para o Rio 2016, mas fica sem medalha no Mundial". Globosport.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. ^ Brasil, Bolavip. "Brasil já tem 275 atletas classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio". Bolavip Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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