PONTES Edival

11 Oct 1997
23
Male
Youth Olympian
JOAO PESSOA
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TKW Taekwondo Men -68kg 12

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
PONTES EPONTES Edival
18
TUR
RECBER HRECBER Hakan
25
PTF
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Youth Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Welterweight 55-63kg2014Nanjing, CHN

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
4th Round-68kg2019Manchester, GBR
4th Round-68kg2017Muju, KOR

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1-68kg2019Lima, PER

Pan American Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1-68kg2018Spokane, WA, USA

Grand Prix Final
RankEventYearLocation
Quarterfinal-68kg2019Moscow, RUS
Last 16-68kg2018Fujairah, UAE

Grand Prix
RankEventYearLocation
3-68kg2019Chiba, JPN
3-68kg2018Taoyuan, TPE
3-68kg2018Moscow, RUS
2nd Round-68kg2019Rome, ITA
Round 2-68kg2018Manchester, GBR
2nd Round-68kg2018Rome, ITA
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Netinho (surtoolimpico.com.br, 11 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 01 Nov 2020)
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Athlete, Serves in the Navy
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Partner Talisca
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Portuguese
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Academia Pro Team [Rio Claro, BRA]
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Carmen Carolina [club], BRA; Nicholas Pigozzi [club], BRA
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His partner Talisca Reis has also represented Brazil in taekwondo. She has competed at the world championships and won silver in the -49kg category at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 May 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Aug 2020)
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He took up the sport at age six. (oglobo.globo.com, 26 May 2019)
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The father of a friend invited him to try the sport and later became his first coach. (oglobo.globo.com, 26 May 2019)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 May 2020)
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Winning gold in the -68kg category at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 07 May 2020)
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Brazilian taekwondo athlete Diogo Silva. (oglobo.globo.com, 26 May 2019)
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Brazilian taekwondo athlete Guilherme Dias. (oglobo.globo.com, 26 May 2019)
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He received the Brasil Olimpico award as the Brazilian taekwondo athlete of the year from the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB] in 2014 and 2018. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 30 Dec 2018; torcedores.com, 14 Nov 2018)

General Interest

General
PROVING THE DOUBTERS WRONG
He says that early in his career he was discouraged when people said he would struggle to succeed at an elite level. "They talked about the athletes who were very good in the junior category but didn't make it into the senior level. I heard that stuff a lot, that I also wouldn't make it. That got to me a little bit." Twice he narrowly missed out on making the Brazilian senior national team, and as a result he considering quitting the sport. However, he says he regained confidence after he began training with Brazilian taekwondo athlete Guilherme Dias in Brasilia, Brazil. "I'm very grateful to him up until now. If I hadn't gone there and been helped by him I wouldn't be where I am now. I transformed all that criticism into motivation." (oglobo.globo.com, 26 May 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He is a sergeant in the Brazilian navy. (Facebook page, 20 Aug 2020; Instagram profile, 11 Jun 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PTF:
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