Jorge Fonseca

Jorge Fonseca
Personal information
Full nameJorge Ivayr Rodrigues da Fonseca
Born (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992 (age 31)
São Tomé and Príncipe
OccupationJudoka
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg
ClubSporting CP
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2020)
World Champ.Gold (2019, 2021)
European Champ.Bronze (2020)
Highest world ranking1st (2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Portugal
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Prague ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍100 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Antalya ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Paris ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Astana ‍–‍100 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Almada ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Agadir ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Linz ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍100 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Samokov ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Wrocław ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF9396
JudoInside.com64713
Updated on 13 May 2024

Jorge Ivayr Rodrigues da Fonseca[1] (born 30 October 1992) is a Santomean-born Portuguese judoka who competes for both Portugal and Sporting Clube de Portugal. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Lukáš Krpálek.[2][3] He won the gold medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo and in the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest. He won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

  1. ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  2. ^ "Jorge Fonseca". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Men −100 kg – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.