Maria Suelen Altheman

Brazilian judoka (born 1988)

Altheman in 2016

Personal information

Nationality

Brazilian

Born

(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 35)
São Paulo, Brazil

Occupation

Judoka

Height

175 cm (5 ft 9 in)^[1]

Weight

110 kg (243 lb)

Sport

Country

Brazil

Sport

Judo

Weight class

+78 kg

Club

Associação Rogério Sampaio

Coached by

Adriano Santos

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

5th (2012)

World Champ.

(2013, 2014)

Pan American Champ.

(2020)

Medal record

Women's judo

Representing Brazil
World Championships
	2013 Rio de Janeiro	+78 kg
	2014 Chelyabinsk	+78 kg
	2021 Budapest	+78 kg
	2021 Budapest	Mixed team
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2015 Toronto	+78 kg
Pan American Championships
	2020 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2014 Guayaquil	+78 kg
	2016 Havana	+78 kg
	2019 Lima	+78 kg
	2005 Caguas (PUR)	+78 kg
	2010 San Salvador	+78 kg
	2010 San Salvador	Open
	2011 Guadalajara	+78 kg
	2012 Montreal	+78 kg
World Masters
	2013 Tyumen	+78 kg
	2017 Saint Petersburg	+78 kg
	2018 Guangzhou	+78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
	2012 Moscow	+78 kg
	2013 Baku	+78 kg
	2013 Moscow	+78 kg
	2016 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2019 Ekaterinburg	+78 kg
	2010 Rio de Janeiro	+78 kg
	2018 Ekaterinburg	+78 kg
	2019 Brasilia	+78 kg
	2012 Tokyo	+78 kg
	2014 Tyumen	+78 kg
	2017 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2017 Tokyo	+78 kg
	2019 Düsseldorf	+78 kg
	2019 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2020 Budapest	+78 kg
	2021 Tel Aviv	+78 kg
	2021 Tbilisi	+78 kg
	2021 Kazan	+78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
	2011 Amsterdam	+78 kg
	2013 Düsseldorf	+78 kg
	2016 Düsseldorf	+78 kg
	2012 Abu Dhabi	+78 kg
	2016 Tbilisi	+78 kg
	2017 Tbilisi	+78 kg
	2018 Cancún	+78 kg
	2014 Samsun	+78 kg
	2018 Hohhot	+78 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

2081

JudoInside.com

52913

Updated on 23 May 2023

Maria Suelen Altheman (born 12 August 1988) is a Brazilian heavyweight judoka. She won silver medals at the world championships in 2013 and 2014 and bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 2011 and 2015.

Altheman finished joint 5th at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She beat Anne-Sophie Mondière in her first match, then Nihel Cheikh Rouhou before losing to Mika Sugimoto in the quarterfinals. Because Sugimoto reached the final, Altheman was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beat Gulzhan Issanova before losing her bronze medal match to Tong Wen.^[2]

Altheman qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first fight.^[1] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Altman won her first fight only to injure her knee losing the quarterfinal to Romane Dicko, forcing her to abandon the tournament rather than go to the repechage.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Maria Suelen Altheman". COB.org.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Comitê Olímpico do Brasil. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Altheman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Judô: Maria Suelen Altheman tem lesão grave no ligamento do joelho esquerdo". Istoé (in Brazilian Portuguese). 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2021.