Adriana Araújo Explained

Adriana Araújo
Real Name:Adriana Dos Santos Araújo
Nickname:PitBull
Weight:Light welterweight
Height:5 ft 5+1/2 in
Reach:68+1/2 in
Birth Date:1981 11, df=y
Birth Place:Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Style:Orthodox
Boxrec:798531
Total:7
Wins:6
Ko:1
Losses:1

Adriana Dos Santos Araújo (pronounced as /pt-BR/; born 4 November 1981)[1] is a Brazilian professional boxer. As an amateur she won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2012 Olympics[2] and qualified for the 2016 Olympics at the same weight.[3]

Boxing career

Olympic Games

Women's boxing debuted at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Araújo selected to represent Brazil. She progressed to the semi-finals of the boxing tournament, where she lost on points (11–17) against Sofya Ochigava from Russia. Ochigava was the world number two and went on to win the silver medal in the event. Araújo was awarded bronze alongside Mavzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan, and became the only competitor from a Latin American country to win a medal in any of the women's boxing events.[4] [5] In addition, it was the first time in 44 years that an athlete from Brazil had won a medal in one of the boxing events.[6]

Araújo was disappointed to have only won bronze, although she looked forward to attending the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but said that she would not be competing as she was planning on turning professional before then.[4] However, she has once again been selected to represent Brazil and felt that competing in her home country would provide a boost to her chances of a gold medal.[7] Brazil had used one of their automatic qualification places as the host country for Araújo, meaning that she did not have to qualify.[8] Shortly prior to the games, Araújo was one of 141 torchbearers on the first day of the Brazilian leg of the 2016 Summer Olympics torch relay.[9]

Professional career

In professional boxing, Araújo was ranked third in the World Boxing Council when she faced Chantelle Cameron in 2020 for the world super lightweight champion title. However, she lost the fight.[10]

She retired from boxing in 2022.[11]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
7Loss6–1 Chantelle CameronUD104 Oct 2020
6Win6–0 Estheliz HernandezUD1029 Feb 2020
5Win5–0 Claudia Andrea LopezUD1018 Oct 2019
4Win4–0 Yamila Belen AbellanedaUD1011 Aug 2019
3Win3–0 Elaine Maria de AlbuquerqueKO1 (6), 31 Mar 2019
2Win2–0 Vanessa PortoSD623 Sep 2017
1Win1–0 Elaine Maria de AlbuquerqueUD617 Jun 2017

Notes and References

  1. News: Adriana Araujo. BBC Sport. 3 June 2016.
  2. Adriana Araújo . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/adriana-araujo-1.html . 2020-04-17 . dead.
  3. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/adriana-araujo Adriana Araújo
  4. News: Brazil's Araujo takes bronze in Olympic boxing . Fox News Latino . 8 August 2012 . 20 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150717010149/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2012/08/08/brazil-araujo-takes-bronze-in-olympic-boxing/ . 17 July 2015 .
  5. News: Adriana Araujo: Medals in Women's Lightweight (60kg) . BBC. 13 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
  6. Web site: Adriana Araújo wins first Brazilian medal in women's boxing in the Olympics. Ministerio do Esporte. 3 June 2016. 8 August 2012.
  7. News: Up Close and Personal with Brazil's Very Own Rio 2016 Gold-Medal Hope, Adriana Araujo. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911021240/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-451673528.html. dead. 11 September 2016. 3 June 2016. States News Service. 3 May 2016.
  8. News: Billy Walsh sets USA on their way as all three of his team are fancied to qualify for Rio. 3 June 2016. The 42. 17 March 2016.
  9. News: Olympic Torch Relay Begins in Brazil. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911021237/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-451432142.html. dead. 11 September 2016. 3 June 2016. States News Service. 4 May 2016.
  10. https://ge.globo.com/boxe/noticia/chantelle-cameron-vence-adriana-araujo-e-e-nova-campea-mundial-de-boxe-na-wbc-no-super-leve.ghtml Chantelle Cameron vence Adriana Araújo e é nova campeã mundial de boxe na WBC no super-leve
  11. https://ge.globo.com/boxe/noticia/2022/08/02/adriana-araujo-bronze-em-londres-deixa-boxe-e-quer-abrir-restaurante.ghtml Adriana Araújo, bronze em Londres, deixa boxe e quer abrir restaurante