Vinícius Figueira

Vinícius Figueira (born 15 April 1991)[1] is a Brazilian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[2][3]

Vinícius Figueira
Vinícius Figueira in 2018
Personal information
Born (1991-04-15) 15 April 1991
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportKarate
Weight class67 kg
Event(s)Kumite
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Madrid Kumite 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bremen Kumite 67 kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Kumite 67 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Kumite 67 kg
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cochabamba Kumite 67 kg

Career

In 2014, Figueira won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.[4]

Vinícius Figueira at the Karate 1 Premier League 2018 in Berlin

At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event.[1][5]

In March 2020, Figueira was scheduled to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate.[6][7] This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification.[8] In June 2021, he failed to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9]

Figueira won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[10][11]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2014 World Championships Bremen, Germany 3rd Kumite 67 kg
2018 South American Games Cochabamba, Bolivia 2nd Kumite 67 kg
World Championships Madrid, Spain 2nd Kumite 67 kg
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd Kumite 67 kg
2022 World Games Birmingham, United States 1st Kumite 67 kg

References
  1. "Vinícius Figueira". 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. "De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  6. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualification system revised". World Karate Federation. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. "Sandra Sanchez and Anzhelika Terliuga lead way to medals on Day 1 of Karate at The World Games". World Karate Federation. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  11. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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