Lúcia da Silva Teixeira Araújo (born 17 June 1981) is a Brazilian female visually impaired judoka (disability class B2) competing in the 57 kg division. Teixeira took a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics. In 2016, she was defeated by Inna Cherniak of Ukraine who took the gold medal.Lúcia Teixeira é prata, a primeira medalha do judô do Brasil na Paralimpíada , O Globo, Retrieved 10 September 2016 She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Life In 2015, she was one of three Paralympic athletes who took part in a popular video that was intended to introduce Brazilians to the paralympics as a spectator sport. The video was shot with hidden cameras, and it records the reactions of spectators as the three paralympians as they enter three gyms as disabled people and they then impress observers with their abilities. The video attracted million of viewers and acquaintances who never recognised her as a silver medalist from London.
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Lucia da Silva Teixeira Araujo at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics (alternate link, alternate link 2)