Victor Penalber

Victor Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira (born 22 May 1990) is a Brazilian judoka.

Career


Penalber started to practice judo at the age of four. He studied and trained at Universidade Gama Filho, and today trains at the Instituto Reação, created by the ex-judoka Flávio Canto. He is left handed and his preferred technique is seoi-nage.

His first success was the gold medal at the 2008 Pan American Judo Championships at the 73 kg class; he won again in 2013 in the 81 kg class. At the 2008 World Judo Teams Championship in Tokyo he tested positive for furosemide and was suspended for two years.

Penalber competed at the 2013 World Judo Championships held in his home town, and lost his third bout to the eventual gold medalist Loïc Pietri. He won bronze medals at the 2015 World Judo Championships and 2015 Pan American Games.

Penalber competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Sergiu Toma.

Personal life
Wrestler Giullia Penalber is his sister. She also competed in judo before switching to freestyle wrestling.