Ana Carolina Silva de Moura

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Moura.
Ana Carolina Moura
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina Silva de Moura
Nationality Brazil
Born (1995-11-27) 27 November 1995 (age 29)
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Sport
Country Brazil
SportPara Taekwondo
Disability classF44
Weight class65kg
Medal record
Women's para taekwondo
Representing  Brazil
Summer Paralympics
2024 Paris 65 kg
Parapan American Games
2023 Santiago −65 kg

Ana Carolina Silva de Moura (born 27 November 1995) also known as Carol Moura and Carolina Moura, is a Brazilian para-taekwondo practitioner who competes in the F44 classification in the under 65 kg category.

Biography

Moura was born in Belo Horizonte with a congenital malformation in her right forearm. She has been involved in various sports, having practiced soccer, dance and rhythmic gymnastics before pursuing parataekwondo in 2016, in order to be able to defend herself after being robbed in downtown Belo Horizonte and losing a piece of jewelry that held sentimental value for her.

Moura competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games, winning the gold medal in her category. Having qualified for the 2024 Paralympic Games, she represented Brazil and won a gold medal in the 65 kg event, the first in the history of women's taekwondo for the country, after defeating French athlete Djélika Diallo 13 to 7.

Brazil had sent four athletes to the 2024 paralympics: Izabela Campos, Ana Caroline da Silva, Arthur Xavier Ribeiro and Ana Carolina Silva de Moura.

References

  1. ^ a b c "SILVA DE MOURA Ana Carolina". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
  2. ^ a b "Ana Carolina Moura". Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Campeã das Paralimpídas iniciou no taekwondo após assalto: "Para saber me defender"" [Paralympic champion started taekwondo after robbery: "To know how to defend myself"]. ge.globo (in Portuguese). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Para taekwondo Medallistas por categoría de peso" (PDF) (in Spanish). 25 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ Schwambach, Ana Cristina (30 August 2024). "Paralimpíada: Brasil conquista ouro inédito no taekwondo com Ana Carolina Moura" [Paralympics: Brazil wins historic gold in taekwondo with Ana Carolina Moura]. CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ^ Gerais, Universidade Federal de Minas (25 July 2024). "Quatro atletas do CTE disputarão os Jogos de Paris". Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 January 2025.


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