Willian Lima
Willian de Sousa e Lima (born 31 January 2000) is a Brazilian judoka.[2][3][4][1]
Career
[edit]Judo entered Lima's life at the age of six, but it was not the São Paulo native's first option. When he was younger, he traveled to the beach every weekend with his family and had a very strong connection with the water. Therefore, he opted for swimming. However, he was neither old nor tall enough to start the sport. He started judo, at the Namie Judo Association, planning to leave the sport later, but began to stand out in the sport. In 2015, he joined the Esporte Clube Pinheiros team in São Paulo.[4]
His first major result with the main judo team was in July 2019: bronze at the Universiade in Napoli, Italy. From this result, the judoka appeared on the podium of several competitions with the senior team.[5]
Lima won gold at the 2019 World Judo Juniors Championships in Marrakesh, Morocco.[6]
In 2019, he won a medal for the first time in a Grand Slam (the tournament that gives the most points in the judo ranking after the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the World Masters): in Brasilia 2019, he won a bronze.[7]
At the 2020 Judo Grand Slam Hungary, Lima once again won a bronze medal, his second in Grand Slams.[7]
Lima is the gold medallist of the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships in the –66 kg category.[8][9]
In April 2022, Lima reached the final of the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya, and only lost by the golden score to Denis Vieru, of Moldova, who was the current leader of the world ranking. With this, Lima took the silver.[10]
At the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Lima, Peru, he won a bronze medal in the Half-lightweight (66 kg) category. [11] He also won a gold medal in Brazil's mixed team. [12]
At the 2022 World Judo Championships, Lima started the competition by winning with a lightning ippon over Romeo Radu Izvoreanu, but in the second round he faced the Japanese Joshiro Maruyama, two-time world champion (2019-2021), who managed to beat the Brazilian by ippon, after losing by waza-ari. [13]
At the 2023 Judo Grand Slam Antalya, Lima achieved the bronze medal. [14]
At the 2023 World Judo Championships, Lima debuted with victory over Ramazan Kodzharov (BRN), cut from the competition for failing to weigh in. Qualified for the next round, he beat Nurali Emomali (TJK) by waza-ari with just over a minute to go. In the round of 16, he faced Frenchman Walide Khyar and ended up being defeated after four minutes of golden score - also by waza-ari. The Frenchman ended up winning the bronze medal in the tournament.[15]
At the 2023 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Calgary, Canada, he won a bronze medal in the Half-lightweight (66 kg) category. [16]
At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Lima started by losing the first fight, but recovered and throughout the competition, he obtained bronze, dedicating his medal to his newborn son, called Dom.[17][18] He also obtained a silver for participating in the mixed team modality.[19]
At the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Tashkent, Lima won a bronze medal.[20]
At the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi, Lima won a bronze medal.[21]
He became two-time champion at the 2024 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, obtaining the gold medal.[22][23]
At the 2024 World Judo Championships, Lima reached the round of 16 for the third time in a row, where he was eliminated by the Japanese Ryoma Tanaka, who ended up being the tournament champion.[24]
At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Lima won four fights, defeating Mongolia's Yondonperenlein Baskhüü, a two-time World Championship bronze medalist, in the quarterfinals, and Kazakh Gusman Kyrgyzbayev, the 2021 World Championship runner-up, in the semifinals, to reach the Olympic final, something that had not happened with Brazilian men's judo since Sydney 2000. In the final, facing Japanese Hifumi Abe, four-time world champion and Olympic champion, Lima was unable to resist and ended up with silver, equaling the feats of Tiago Camilo and Carlos Honorato.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ a b CBJ profile page 28
- ^ "Willian Lima IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Willian Lima JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Willian Lima vê sonho por Tóquio vivo e comemora retorno aos treinos em Portugal". ge. 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Brasil conquista dois bronzes no judô da Universíade na Itália - Lance!". Brasil conquista dois bronzes no judô da Universíade na Itália - Lance!. 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Brasileiro derrota japonês na final e é campeão mundial júnior de judô no Marrocos". ge. 16 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Willian Lima conquista o bronze no judô em Grand Slam de Budapeste - Lance!". Willian Lima conquista o bronze no judô em Grand Slam de Budapeste - Lance!. 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Results 2021 Pan American Judo Championships -66 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Brasil conquista três ouros, duas pratas e dois bronzes no primeiro dia do Pan-Americano de Judô sênior
- ^ "Judô: Willian Lima é prata e Jéssica Lima é bronze no Grand Slam de Antalya". ge. 1 April 2022.
- ^ Brasil conquista quatro ouros e dois bronzes no primeiro dia de Pan-Americano de Judô, em Lima
- ^ Felix, Wesley (17 April 2022). "Brasil vence Cuba e leva ouro por equipes do Pan de judô". Olimpíada Todo Dia.
- ^ "Larissa Pimenta termina em sétimo no Mundial de judô". GZH. 7 October 2022.
- ^ Grand Slam de Judô de Antalya 2023: Brasil encerra disputa com quatro medalhas
- ^ Mundial de Judô 2023: Willian Lima fica nas oitavas da categoria até 66kg
- ^ "Olhar Olímpico: Brasil vence Cuba e é campeão do Pan-Americano de Judô". UOL. 17 September 2023.
- ^ ECP no Pan 23: Larissa Pimenta e Alexia Nascimento conquistam ouro e Willian Lima é bronze
- ^ "Pai de 1ª viagem, Willian Lima se inspira em filho recém-nascido na busca por medalha para o judô no Pan". ge. 28 October 2023.
- ^ Baby batalha, mas Brasil perde para Cuba e fica com a prata nas equipes mistas do judô nos Jogos Pan-Americanos 2023
- ^ "Willian Lima fatura bronze para o Brasil no Grand Slam de Tashkent". ge. 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Rafaela Silva e William Lima são bronze no Grand Slam de judô; veja lutas". ge. 22 March 2024.
- ^ Brasil domina o pódio e conquista quatro ouros no primeiro dia do Campeonato Pan-Americano e Oceania de Judô 2024
- ^ "Michel Augusto é ouro no Pan-Americano de Judô e fica mais perto da vaga em Paris". ge. 26 April 2024.
- ^ Daniel Cargnin chega na luta do bronze, mas termina em quinto no Mundial de Judô Abu Dhabi 2024
- ^ "Paris 2024: Willian Lima perde para japonês e leva a prata para o Brasil". ge. 28 July 2024.
External links
[edit]
- Willian Lima at the International Judo Federation
- Willian Lima at JudoInside.com
- Willian Lima at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Willian Lima at The-Sports.org
- Willian Lima on Instagram
- 2000 births
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian male judoka
- Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Martial artists from São Paulo (state)
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Sportspeople from Mogi das Cruzes
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil