Leandro Guilheiro

Leandro Guilheiro

Personal information
Full name	Leandro Marques Guilheiro
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1983-08-07) August 7, 1983 Suzano, São Paulo
Medal record Men's Judo Competitor for  Brazil Olympic Games Bronze 2004 Athens –73 kg Bronze 2008 Beijing –73 kg World Championships Silver 2010 Tokyo -81 kg Bronze 2011 Paris -81 kg Pan American Games Gold 2011 Guadalajara –81 kg Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro –73 kg Pan American Championships Gold 2009 Buenos Aires –73 kg Gold 2011 Guadalajara –81 kg Gold 2012 Montreal –81 kg Military World Games Gold 2011 Rio de Janeiro –81 kg Junior World Championships Gold 2002 Jeju –73 kg

Leandro Marques Guilheiro (born August 7, 1983 in Suzano) is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the lightweight (<73 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Brazilian judoka to win medals at two consecutive Olympic Games. Guilheiro plays a classical style of judo fighting in an upright stance and using techniques such as uchi mata, ippon seoi nage, morate seoi nage and o soto gari. He has done modeling work in Brazil.

References

• 2004 Olympics profile (Portuguese)