Biography

Da Silva Ferreira is heading into her second Olympics… Finished ninth at ’16 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro… Earned silver medal at ’14 World Championships… Competed for Brazil at nine World Championships… Gold medals at ’14 and ’16 World Military Championships… Silver at ’06 Junior World Championships… Ranking Series silver medal at ’19 Yasar Dogu… Silver medals at ’11 and ’19 Pan American Games… Bronze at ’15 Pan American Games… Six-time Pan American Championships… bronze medalist… Silver medals at ’11 and ’17 Pan American Championships… Qualified Brazil for Tokyo at 76 kg with a silver-medal performance at ’20 Pan American Olympic Qualifier… Claimed gold at ’14 South American Games… Also earned gold at ’12 South American Championships…