Débora Menezes

Débora Menezes
Menezes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990
São Paulo, SP
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportPara taekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo+58 kg
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Lima+58 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago+65 kg

Débora Bezerra de Menezes (born 18 May 1990)[1] is a Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's +58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She came in fourth place in the women's +65 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.[3]

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's +58 kg event at the Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[4]

Menezes is openly lesbian.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Débora Menezes". 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (4 September 2021). "Aziziaghdam claims comeback win as Naimova underlines talent with taekwondo gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Olympics (31 August 2024). "MENEZES Debora vs AKERMACH Rajae Results". Olympics.
  4. ↑ "Taekwondo Medalists" (PDF). 2019 Parapan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Bell, Brian C. "Gay taekwondo star Debora Menezes looks for Paralympics gold". OutSports. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
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