Daniela Polzin
Brazilian Olympic judoka (born 1979)
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Daniela Duque Estrada Polzin (born March 4, 1979, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian judoka who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category.[1][2] She held a 2008 Brazilian senior title for her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including a silver from the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, and also represented Brazil in the 57-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Polzin also trained as a full-fledged member of Universidade Gama Filho's judo squad.[3]
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| Full name | Daniela Duque Estrada Polzin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 March 1979 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 48 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Universidade Gama Filho | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| JudoInside.com | 10565 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Polzin qualified for the Brazilian squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second from the Pan American Judo Championships in Margarita Island, Venezuela.[4] She lost her opening match to Chinese judoka and eventual bronze medalist Gao Feng, who successfully scored an ippon, and gripped her in the tatami with a kata guruma (shoulder wheel) assault at one minute and twenty-seven seconds.[5][6][7]
When her country Brazil hosted the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Polzin had to satisfy with a silver medal during her final match against Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the 48-kg division.[8][9]
An architect graduated in the Universidade Gama Filho, Polzin has since retirement designed training facilities for the Brazilian Olympic Committee.[10]
