Edinanci Silva

Brazilian judoka
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBrazilian judoka
PlacesBrazil
isAthlete Martial artist Judoka
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth23 August 1976
Age48 years
The details

Biography

Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born August 23, 1976 in Sousa, Paraíba) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (– 78 kg) at the Pan American Games. A resident of São Paulo, she represented the country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edinanci was born intersex. In the mid-1990s she had surgery, in order to live and compete as a woman.

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