Edinanci Silva

Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born August 23, 1976) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (– 78 kg) at the Pan American Games. A resident of São Paulo born in Sousa, Paraíba, she represented her country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.
Edinanci Silva
Personal information
BornAugust 23, 1976
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
1997 Paris -72 kg
2003 Osaka -78 kg
Pan American Games
2003 San Domingo -78 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro -78 kg
1999 Winnipeg -78 kg

Edinanci is born intersex. In the mid-1990s she had surgery, in order to live and compete as a woman.[1][2]

References
  1. The gender trap
  2. Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. p. 20. ISBN 978-1845137731.


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