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| show-medals = | updated = October 7, 2015 }} Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil of Japanese origin. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. He also won gold medals five consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 2011 Guadalaraja, 2012 Montreal, 2013 San José, 2014 Guayaquil and 2015 Edmonton. In addition, he won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. ==Judo career== 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.〔 On July 28, 2012, Kitadai celebrated his 23rd birthday by winning a bronze medal in the under 60 kg category at the London 2012 Olympic Games. He celebrated by carrying the medal everywhere.〔 On July 30, he took it with him into the shower as a joke, but dropped it while trying to keep it from getting wet, when the medal's purple ribbon broke, and he accidentally dented the medal. The Brazilian Olympic Committee formally requested a new medal, and the IOC agreed to give him one; the medal reportedly contains only $4.71 worth of metal.〔 In 2013, Kitadai won the Pan American Judo Championships in San Jose, and the World Military Championships in Astana, both at U60.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felipe Kitadai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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