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Brazilian para taekwondo practitioner

Débora Menezes
Menezes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1990-05-18) 18 May 1990 (age 34)
São Paulo, SP
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportPara taekwondo
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo +58 kg
Parapan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima +58 kg

Débora Bezerra de Menezes (born 18 May 1990) 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. She came in fourth place in the women's +65 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France.

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

Menezes is openly lesbian.

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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