Maria Suelen Altheman

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Suelen and the second or paternal family name is Altheman.

Maria Suelen Altheman (born 12 August 1988) is a Brazilian heavyweight judoka. She won silver medals at the world championships in 2013 and 2014 and bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 2011 and 2015.

Maria Suelen Altheman

Altheman in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988 (age 37) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Judoka
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Club	Associação Rogério Sampaio
Coached by	Adriano Santos
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	5th (2012)
World Champ.	(2013, 2014)
Pan American Champ.	(2020)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Brazil World Championships 2013 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk +78 kg 2021 Budapest +78 kg 2021 Budapest Mixed team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg 2015 Toronto +78 kg Pan American Championships 2020 Guadalajara +78 kg 2014 Guayaquil +78 kg 2016 Havana +78 kg 2019 Lima +78 kg 2005 Caguas (PUR) +78 kg 2010 San Salvador +78 kg 2010 San Salvador Open 2011 Guadalajara +78 kg 2012 Montreal +78 kg World Masters 2013 Tyumen +78 kg 2017 Saint Petersburg +78 kg 2018 Guangzhou +78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2012 Moscow +78 kg 2013 Baku +78 kg 2013 Moscow +78 kg 2016 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2019 Ekaterinburg +78 kg 2010 Rio de Janeiro +78 kg 2018 Ekaterinburg +78 kg 2019 Brasilia +78 kg 2012 Tokyo +78 kg 2014 Tyumen +78 kg 2017 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2017 Tokyo +78 kg 2019 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2019 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2020 Budapest +78 kg 2021 Tel Aviv +78 kg 2021 Tbilisi +78 kg 2021 Kazan +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2011 Amsterdam +78 kg 2013 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2016 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2012 Abu Dhabi +78 kg 2016 Tbilisi +78 kg 2017 Tbilisi +78 kg 2018 Cancún +78 kg 2014 Samsun +78 kg 2018 Hohhot +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	2081
JudoInside.com	52913
Updated on 23 May 2023

Altheman finished joint 5th at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She beat Anne-Sophie Mondière in her first match, then Nihel Cheikh Rouhou before losing to Mika Sugimoto in the quarterfinals. Because Sugimoto reached the final, Altheman was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beat Gulzhan Issanova before losing her bronze medal match to Tong Wen.^[2]

Altheman qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first fight.^[1] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Altman won her first fight only to injure her knee losing the quarterfinal to Romane Dicko, forcing her to abandon the tournament rather than go to the repechage.^[3]