Edinanci Silva
Brazilian judoka
エディナンシ・シルバ
Edinanci Fernandes da Silva (born 23 August 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 is born intersex. In the mid-1990s, she had surgery, in order to live and compete as a woman.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Summer Olympics | 1996 | |
| 2000 Summer Olympics | 2000 | |
| 2004 Summer Olympics | 2004 | |
| 2008 Summer Olympics | 2008 |
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.