Edinanci Silva

Edinanci Silva
Personal information
Born August 23, 1976
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
1997 Paris -72 kg
2003 Osaka -78 kg
Pan American Games
2003 San Domingo -78 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro -78 kg
1999 Winnipeg -78 kg

Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born August 23, 1976 in Sousa, Paraíba) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (– 78 kg) at the Pan American Games. A resident of São Paulo, she represented the country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edinanci was born intersex. In the mid-1990s she had surgery, in order to live and compete as a woman.[1]

References

  1. ↑ The gender trap


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