Brazilian judo technical staff ready for build up to Tokyo 2020

Brazil are one of judo's powerhouse nations and their results can be attributed to their High Performance system. Judo in Brazil got more popular since the Brazilian women became successful. In 2012 Sarah Menezes won gold and at Rio 2016 Rafaela Silva won the only women’s gold. She was also judo world champion for Brazil in 2013. Mayra Aguiar won the judo world title in 2014 and in 2017. In the past Aurelio Miguel and Rogerio Cardoso Sampaio contributed to the name and fame of Brazilian judo.

"Nowadays, our High Performance department has two pillars: administrative and technical," said High Performance Manager Ney Wilson.

"At the office we have a five member team including me as High Performance manager. New arrival Kathe Campos is one of the four assistants with Amadeu de Moura Jr, Anna Beatriz Santos and Bernado Seabra. The technical team includes our two Head Coaches Rosicleia Campos and Luiz Shinohara; three coaches: Fulvio Miyata (male national team), Mario Tsutsui (female national team) and Yuko Fujii (both male and female teams); three doctors; five physiotherapists; nutritionists; psychologists; strategists; and fitness coaches."

Ney Wilson has been pleased with the progress of his new recruit and relishes the chance to share knowledge and to shape the future of one of judo's greatest countries.

"In high performance judo we have about 60 thousand active people participating in national events. And according to the Sports Atlas in Brazil there are about two million people practicing judo in our country.

"We are always looking for evolution to keep Brazilian judo at the top five in the world and obviously to have a good performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games."

Assistant performance manager Katherine Campos:  "I see Brazilian judo as a world power and a cradle of great athletes. Brazil today has many talents, some more experienced and some younger fighting in high level, this happens because of the excellent work done between base management team and high performance team. This constant contact with the more experienced contributes to the evolution of the younger ones. And I think it's important to put these young talents to compete in the international scene to mature, feel the atmosphere of the competitions, take on the kimono of the great names of the world judo and already start to tread their way and conquer their space.

This weekend the Brazilian Championships take place.

Read more on the arrival of Katherine Campos in the Technical staff.

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