Brazil at the World Judo Championships
Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mayra Aguiar 2 1 3 6
João Derly 2 0 0 2
Rafaela Silva 1 1 1 3
Aurélio Miguel 0 2 1 3
Érika Miranda 0 1 4 5
Rafael Silva 0 1 2 3
Sarah Menezes 0 0 3 3
Medalists at the individual competitions -- Medal tables
Brazil is 12th on the all time medal table at the World Judo Championships. Brazil's first World Championships medal was won by Chiaki Ishii at Men's -93 kg event in 1971. He won bronze. Danielle Zangrando won the first woman's medal at Women's -56 kg event in 1995. She won bronze. João Derly won the first golden medal at Men's -66 kg event in 2005. At the 2007 World Judo Championships, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil got the best placing on the medal table, finishing 2nd behind only Japan.