TITONELI Milena

Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of residence : SAO CAETANO DO SUL

Residence Country:

Brazil

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Taekwondo	Women -67kg	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -67kg Round of 16 #305 BRA TITONELI MTITONELI Milena 9 SUP JOR AL-SADEQ JAL-SADEQ Julyana 9	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -67kg Quarterfinal #319 BRA TITONELI MTITONELI Milena 9 CRO JELIC MJELIC Matea 30 PTG	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -67kg Repechage #331 BRA TITONELI MTITONELI Milena 26 PTG HAI LEE LLEE Lauren 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women -67kg Bronze Medal Contests #337 CIV GBAGBI RGBAGBI Ruth 12 PTF BRA TITONELI MTITONELI Milena 8	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	+63kg	2014	Nanjing, CHN

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	-67kg	2019	Manchester, GBR
3rd Round	-67kg	2017	Muju, KOR

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-67kg	2019	Lima, PER

Pan American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	-67kg	2021	Cancun, MEX
3	-67kg	2018	Spokane, WA, USA

Grand Prix Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1st Round	-67kg	2019	Moscow, RUS

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Quarterfinal	-67kg	2018	Moscow, RUS
1st Round	-67kg	2019	Chiba, JPN
1st Round	-67kg	2019	Rome, ITA
Round 1	-67kg	2018	Manchester, GBR
1st Round	-67kg	2018	Rome, ITA

Watching movies, spending time with friends. (Facebook page, 01 Jul 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Serves in the Navy

Languages spoken:

Two Brothers Team [Sao Caetano do Sul, BRA]

Clayton dos Santos [club], BRA; Reginaldo dos Santos [club], BRA

She took up the sport in 2011 at age 13 in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 29 Jul 2019, 01 Jul 2020; revistamaster.com.br, 27 Mar 2020)

She began taekwondo in order to lose weight. "I was not really interested in any sport, but I needed to practise one for health reasons. In 2011 I wanted to start table tennis, but due to my school schedule I could only fit in judo and taekwondo. And then I fell in love with taekwondo." She was later inspired by watching Brazilian taekwondoka Natalia Falavigna competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "In 2012 I had just begun training and I remember waking up early in order to watch her competing in London. I can say that my big dream started then, to go to the Olympics and be Olympic champion." (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 29 Jul 2019, 01 Jul 2020)

To win an Olympic gold medal. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 01 Jul 2020)

She received the Brasil Olimpico award as Brazilian taekwondo athlete of the year from the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB] in 2019. (revistamaster.com.br, 11 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING
She used virtual reality software to allow her to train safely during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The technology simulated how potential opponents would move, and was developed using motion-capture suits worn by members of the Brazilian national team. "We have been training in isolation, with a strict health protocol. We have not had the in-person sessions that are fundamental in analysing our performance. So this software completes the preparation. It helps a lot to have detailed measurement and analysis of our performance." (insidethegames.biz, 31 Jul 2020; agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br, 28 Jul 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She is a sergeant in the Brazilian navy. (Instagram profile, 21 Aug 2020; Facebook page, 21 Aug 2020)

Milestones

She became the first Brazilian female taekwondo athlete to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games, when she was victorious in the -67kg category at the 2019 Games in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Aug 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PTF:: Win by Final Score
PTG:: Win by Point Gap
SUP:: Win by Superiority

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