Edinanci Silva

Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born August 23, 1976) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division ( 78 kg) at the Pan American Games. A resident of São Paulo born in Sousa, Paraíba, she represented her country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edinanci Silva
Personal information
BornAugust 23, 1976

Edinanci is born intersex. In the mid-1990s she had surgery, in order to live and compete as a woman.[1][2]

References

  1. The gender trap
  2. Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. p. 20. ISBN 978-1845137731.
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