Ketleyn Quadros
Template:Short description Template:Portuguese name Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox judoka
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.[1] When she is not competing, Ketleyn Quadros enjoys traveling, family, friends and barbecue.[2]
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.[2]
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Quadros became the first Brazilian woman to win a medal in the Olympic Games in an individual sport.[2]
In 2021, Ketleyn Quadros won gold at the 2021 Pan American Judo Championships at 63 kilograms.[2] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, being the Brazilian flagbearer at the Parade of Nations alongside Bruno Rezende.[3][4] 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.[5]
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Brazil
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Brazilian female judoka
- Summer World University Games medalists in judo
- Sportspeople from the Federal District (Brazil)
- Judoka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games silver medalists in judo
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo
- Pan American Games judoka for Brazil
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics