Felipe Kitadai

Felipe Kitadai

Kitadai at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1989-07-28) July 28, 1989 (age 27) São Paulo, Brazil
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight	132 lb (60 kg)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Club	Barueri in São Paulo Sogipa
Coached by	Antônio Carlos Pereira
Medal record Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2012 London –60 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara –60 kg 2015 Toronto –60 kg Pan American Judo Championships 2011 Guadalaraja –60 kg 2012 Montreal –60 kg 2013 San José –60 kg 2014 Guayaquil –60 kg 2015 Edmonton –60 kg 2016 Havana –60 kg 2010 San Salvador –60 kg Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong –60 kg 2015 Mungyeong Team Maccabiah Games 2009 Israel –60 kg
Updated on April 30, 2016.

Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 2011 Guadalaraja, 2012 Montreal, 2013 San José, 2014 Guayaquil, 2015 Edmonton and 2016 Havana.

Kitadai was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and is a member of the athletic club Barueri in São Paulo and the club Sogipa. He is coached on the Brazil national team by Luis Shinohara and Mario Tsutsui.

In 2009, Kitadai, who is Jewish, won a bronze medal in the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel, at U60, beating American Lindsey Durlacher along the way. In 2010, he came in second in the Pan American Judo Championships in San Salvador, and won the World Cup Rome, both at U60.

In 2011, Kitadai won the Pan American Judo Championships in Guadalajara, the 5th International Military Sports Council (CISM) World Military Games Teams in Rio de Janeiro, and the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, all at U60. In 2012, he won the Pan American Judo Championships in Montreal at U60.

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