Aline Ferreira

Aline da Silva Ferreira (born October 18, 1986) is a female wrestler from Brazil.[1] She became the 2014 Vice-World Champion in the 75 kg weight class.

Aline Ferreira

Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
2014 Tashkent 75 kg
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara 72 kg
2019 Lima76 kg
2015 Toronto 75 kg
Pan American Championships
2017 Salvador 75 kg
South American Games
2014 Santiago 75 kg

Early life

Ferreira first began learning judo as a teenager in her hometown of São Paulo, Brazil. After two years, she switched in 2001 to wrestling. She belongs to the Sesi Osasco São Paulo club and has primarily been trained by Alejo Morales. At 5' 8" and weighing about 176 pounds, Ferreira wrestles in the heavyweight class.

Career

In 2011 at the Guadalajara Pan Am Games, Ferreira won silver in the 72 kg freestyle.[2]

She won the silver medal the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and she became the first Brazilian wrestler to win a medal in World Wrestling Championships.[3]

At 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States, Ferreira lost the bronze medal, but she was classified to 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]

References
  1. "Aline da Silva Ferreira: Pan 2011 – Jogos de Guadalajara – iG". Esporte. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-09-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Aline Silva consegue feito inédito com prata no Mundial de luta olímpica". Lance!. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. "Aline conquista vaga para o Rio 2016, mas fica sem medalha no Mundial". Globosport.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.


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