Adriana Araújo

Adriana Dos Santos Araújo (Brazilian Portuguese: [adɾiˈãnɐ ɐɾɐˈuʒu]; born 4 November 1981)[2] is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2012 Olympics[3] and qualified for the 2016 Olympics at the same weight.[4]

Adriana Araújo
Statistics
Real nameAdriana Dos Santos Araújo
Nickname(s)PitBull
Weight(s)Light welterweight
Height5 ft 5 1⁄2 in (166 cm)
Reach68 1⁄2 in (174 cm)
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1981-11-04) 4 November 1981
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights7
Wins6
Wins by KO1
Losses1
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2012 London Lightweight
South American Games
2010 MedellínLightweight
Brazilian National Championships
2009 AracajuLightweight
2015 Balneário CamboriúWelterweight

Boxing career

Olympic Games

Women's boxing debuted at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Araújo selected to represent Brazil. She progressed to the semi-finals of the boxing tournament, where she lost on points 17–11 against Sofya Ochigava from Russia. Ochigava was the world's number two and went on to win the silver medal in the event. Araújo was awarded bronze alongside Mavzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan, and became the only competitor from a Latin American country to win a medal in any of the women's boxing events.[5][6] In addition, it was the first time in 44 years that an athlete from Brazil had won a medal in one of the boxing events.[7]

Araújo was disappointed to have only won bronze, although she looked forward to attending the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but said that she would not be competing as she was planning on turning professional before then.[5] However, she has once again been selected to represent Brazil and felt that competing in her home country would provide a boost to her chances of a gold medal.[8] Brazil had used one of their automatic qualification places as the host country for Araújo, meaning that she did not have to qualify.[9] Shortly prior to the games, Araújo was one of 141 torchbearers on the first day of the Brazilian leg of the 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay.[10]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
7 fights 6 wins 1 loss
By knockout 1 0
By decision 5 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
7 Loss 6–1 Chantelle Cameron UD 10 4 Oct 2020 Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England
6 Win 6–0 Estheliz Hernandez UD 10 29 Feb 2020 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil Retained WBC Silver Female super lightweight title
5 Win 5–0 Claudia Andrea Lopez UD 10 18 Oct 2019 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil Won vacant WBC Silver Female super lightweight title
4 Win 4–0 Yamila Belen Abellaneda UD 10 11 Aug 2019 Arena de Lutas, São Paulo, Brazil Won vacant WBC Latino Female super lightweight title
3 Win 3–0 Elaine Maria de Albuquerque KO 1 (6), 1:49 31 Mar 2019 Portobello Resort & Safari, Mangaratiba, Brazil
2 Win 2–0 Vanessa Porto SD 6 23 Sep 2017 Clube Atlético Juventus, São Paulo, Brazil
1 Win 1–0 Elaine Maria de Albuquerque UD 6 17 Jun 2017 Hotel Golden Park, Sorocaba, Brazil

References
  1. "Boxing record for Adriana Araújo". BoxRec.
  2. "Adriana Araujo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Adriana Araújo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. Adriana Araújo Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  5. "Brazil's Araujo takes bronze in Olympic boxing". Fox News Latino. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  6. "Adriana Araujo: Medals in Women's Lightweight (60kg)". BBC. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  7. "Adriana Araújo wins first Brazilian medal in women's boxing in the Olympics". Ministerio do Esporte. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. "Up Close and Personal with Brazil's Very Own Rio 2016 Gold-Medal Hope, Adriana Araujo". States News Service. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. "Billy Walsh sets USA on their way as all three of his team are fancied to qualify for Rio". The 42. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  10. "Olympic Torch Relay Begins in Brazil". States News Service. 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
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