Lúcia Teixeira

Lucia Teixeira
Taking silver in Rio
Personal information
Nationality Brazil
Born (1981-06-17) June 17, 1981
São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Sport
Country  Brazil
Sport Judo
Event(s) 57 kg
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2012, 2016
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
2012 London −57 kg
2016 Rio de Janeiro −57 kg
IBSA World Championships and Games
2011 Antalya-57 kg
2014 Colorado-57 kg
2015 Seoul-57 kg

Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo (born June 17, 1981) is a Brazilian female visually impaired judoka (disability class B2) competing in the −57 kg division. Teixeira took a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics[2] and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016, she was defeated by Inna Cherniak of Ukraine who took the gold medal.[3]

In 2015, she was one of three Paralympic athletes who took part in a popular video[2] that was intended to introduce Brazilians to the paralympics as a spectator sport. The video was shot with hidden cameras, and it records the reactions of spectators as the three paralympians as they enter three gyms as disabled people and they then impress observers with their abilities. Teixera entered a judo studio and at first no one would take her on because of her poor eyesight. After she had beaten a few then others would not take her on out of respect for her skill.[4] The video attracted million of viewers and acquaintances who never recognised her as a silver medalist from London.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo. cbdv.org.br
  2. 1 2 3 Rio 2016 hidden-camera video goes viral, 19 September 2015, Paralympic.org, Retrieved 9 September 2016
  3. ↑ Lúcia Teixeira é prata, a primeira medalha do judô do Brasil na Paralimpíada, O Globo, Retrieved 10 September 2016
  4. ↑ Polden, Jake (8 September 2015) 'Is this for real!?' Para-athletes stun gym-goers by out-lifting, out-running and beating them up in video challenging perceptions, Daily Mail
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