Gold medalist at the London Games (United Kingdom) in 2012, Sarah Menezes will coach the women’s judo team during the Olympic cycle in Paris (France). The announcement was made by the Brazilian Confederation of the modality (CBJ), this Monday (13th). The presentation will take place on Tuesday (14), at the opening of the selective that will define the 2022 national team, in Pindamonhangaba (SP).
Sarah retired from the mats at the end of 2020 after announcing she was pregnant – her daughter, Nina, was born in May of this year. The 31-year-old Piauí native (15 of them in the main selection) and who also competed in the Beijing (China) Olympics in 2008 and in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 will be technical coordinator Andréa Berti, who was responsible for the junior team and he was at the Games in Barcelona (Spain) and Atlanta (United States), in 1992 and 1996, respectively.
WELCOME TEACHERS!?
THE @JudoCBJ announced that the Olympic champion @sarahjudoka and @kikorjudo, mentor of the Olympic medalists @mayraaguiarjudo and @dadscargnin, will be the new coaches of the judo team!
Good job senseis! Oss!??????
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— Team Brazil (@timebrasil) December 13, 2021
The men’s team will be coached by Antônio Carlos Pereira, known as Kiko, who revealed the two-time world champion João Derly and Olympic medalists Mayra Aguiar (also bi-world) and Daniel Cargnin. He takes over from Japan’s Yuko Fujii, who will become the team’s technical coordinator.
Coaches Luiz Shinohara, Mario Tsutsui and Rosicléia Campos leave the selection. The trio led the generation responsible for winning 14 Olympic medals and 48 at World Cups and will be honored this Tuesday, also at the opening of the selective.
