Mário Sabino Júnior (23 September 1972 – 25 October 2019) was a Brazilian judoka, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division (–100 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final he defeated Canada's Nicolas Gill. He represented his native country a year later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Sabino died at age 47 on 25 October 2019, after being shot in Bauru.[1]
References
- ^ "Ex-judoca olímpico é morto após desentendimento com militar". OGlobo.com (in Portuguese). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External links
- Mário Sabino at the International Judo Federation
- Mário Sabino at the International Judo Federation
- Mário Sabino at JudoInside.com
- Mário Sabino at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Mário Sabino at Olympics.com
- Mário Sabino at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Mário Sabino at The-Sports.org
- Profile (in Portuguese)
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