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Edival Pontes

Edival Pontes
Personal information
NicknameNetinho
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 27)
João Pessoa, Paraíba[1]
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
University teamParaíba State University
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 68 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Guadalajara 74 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Moscow 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taoyuan 68 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chiba 68 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Spokane 68 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Punta Cana 74 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Queretaro 68 kg
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción 68 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 68 kg
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing 63 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei 63 kg

Edival Marques Quirino Pontes also known as Netinho[2] (born October 11, 1997) is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal in the 68 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the silver medal in the men's lightweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, and a gold medal at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, in the under 63 kg weight category.[3][4][5]

Career

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Edival's father, an amateur football athlete, took his son to football school when he was five years old. Edival discovered taekwondo two years later, fell in love with the South Korean fight and changed sports. At 12 years old, Edival was already starting to win Brazilian Championships.[6]

At the 2014 World Juniors Taekwondo Championships, at the age of 16, Edival became junior world champion, obtaining the gold medal.[7][8]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, at the age of 16, he won a gold medal in the 63 kg category, [9][10]

At the 2016 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, Edival won the silver medal in the 68 kg category. [11]

Debuting in the world championships at number 38 in the world rankings, Edival participated in the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. He reached the round of 16, where he had to face the Korean Lee Dae-hoon, holder of two Olympic medals and two-time champion world, and was eliminated. The Korean won his third world championship in this tournament.[12]

At the 2018 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, Edival won the gold medal in the 68 kg category, becoming champion of the competition for the first time.[13][14]

At the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, Edival repeated his 2017 campaign, reaching the round of 16.[15]

In 2019, at 21 years old, Edival obtained his greatest title when he became champion of the 2019 Pan American Games. He won the gold medal at the 68 kg category, defeating Bernardo Pié, from the Dominican Republic, in the final, in an exciting and comeback fight by 17 to 14. Since 2007, the country has not won a gold medal in the sport at the Pan American Games.[16][17][18]

Edival was called up for the pre-Olympics in March 2020. Each country can send only two athletes per gender to the pre-Olympics, despite taekwondo having four categories at the Olympics. The Brazilian Taekwondo Confederation called up Ícaro Miguel (up to 80kg) and Edival Pontes (up to 68kg). Ícaro and Edival closed the world Olympic classification ranking in ninth place in their respective categories.[19]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Edival, making his Olympic debut, ended up losing on his debut to Turkish Hakan Recber 25-18, in the round of 16 of the under-68kg category. With the result, he had to wait for the outcome of the Turk's campaign to find out if he could compete in the repechage and fight for bronze. If he reached the final, the Brazilian could once again have a chance at a medal. But that didn't happen. Hakan fell in the quarterfinals to Britain's Bradly Sinden.[20]

At the 2022 Pan American Taekwondo Championships, Edival won the gold medal in the 74 kg category, becoming champion of the competition for the second time.[21][22]

At the 2022 South American Games, he won a silver medal in the 68 kg category. [23]

At the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships, Edival became world runner-up, obtaining silver in the under-74 kg category. At 25 years old, it was his first medal in adult World Championships. Edival sought to be the second Brazilian to win a world title in taekwondo, equaling Natália Falavigna, champion in 2005.[24][25][26]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, the men's team, formed by Edival Pontes, Maicon Andrade and Paulo Melo, won an unprecedented gold medal for the country, after a thrilling comeback over Cuba in the semifinals, with a 76-60 triumph, and a crushing victory over Chile 48 to 16, where the Brazilian team was impressive in front of the noisy fans who attended the Centro de Deportes de Contacto. [27]

In the 2024 Summer Olympics, Pontes lost his first match to Zaid Kareem, but was allowed into the repechage once Kareem reached the final. After winning a rematch against Hakan Recber, he got to the bronze medal match opposite Javier Pérez Polo, and with his win became the third Brazilian with a taekwondo medal after Natália Falavigna and Maicon de Andrade.[28]


References

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  1. ^ Profile at OlimpiadaTodoDia
  2. ^ "Paraibano que treina sem tatame é campeão mundial juvenil de tae kwon do - Esportes - Estadão". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. ^ "Edival MARQUES QUIRINO PONTES - Olympic Taekwondo | Brazil". International Olympic Committee. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  4. ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  5. ^ Profile at OlimpiadaTodoDia
  6. ^ Ouro no Pan desistiu do futebol para ser lutador: "Gosto de chutar cabeça"
  7. ^ Edival Marques é campeão mundial juvenil no taekwondo
  8. ^ Paraibano conquista título mundial júnior de taekwondo em Taiwan
  9. ^ Paraibano conquista medalha de ouro nos Jogos Olímpicos da Juventude
  10. ^ Taekwondo garante ao Brasil segundo ouro na Olimpíada da Juventude
  11. ^ Brasil ganha seis medalhas no Pan-Americano de Taekwondo
  12. ^ Mundial de Taekwondo 2017 dia 3
  13. ^ Brasil leva título geral do Pan-Americano Aberto de Taekwondo nos Estados Unidos
  14. ^ Equipe brasileira conquista 14 medalhas no Pan-Americano
  15. ^ Atleta da Bolsa Pódio conquista medalha de bronze no Mundial de Taekwondo Manchester 2019
  16. ^ É ouro! Edival Pontes recoloca Brasil no topo no taekwondo após 12 anos
  17. ^ Em final emocionante, Netinho Marques vira no fim e conquista o ouro no taekwondo
  18. ^ Ouro de “Netinho” nos Jogos de Lima 2019 coroa nova fase do taekwondo brasileiro
  19. ^ Fora do pré-olímpico, Maicon Andrade tentará entrar na justiça por vaga em Tóquio 2020
  20. ^ Netinho Marques perde para turco no taekwondo e está eliminado em Tóquio 2020
  21. ^ Com 13 medalhas, Brasil é campeão geral do Pan de taekwondo em Punta Cana
  22. ^ Brasil garante título geral no Pan-Americano de Taekwondo; veja vencedores
  23. ^ Com ouro em Assunção 2022, Sandy Macedo sobe mais um degrau na escalada até Paris
  24. ^ Edival Pontes, o Netinho, é prata no Mundial de Taekwondo
  25. ^ Edival Pontes, o Netinho, é vice-campeão mundial de taekwondo
  26. ^ Edival Pontes, o Netinho, é vice-campeão mundial de taekwondo
  27. ^ De forma heroica, Brasil conquista ouro e bronze por equipes no taekwondo em Santiago
  28. ^ Edival Pontes conquista o bronze no taekwondo nas Olimpíadas
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