Douglas Santos Brose (born 11 December 1985)[1] is a Brazilian karateka. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the World Karate Championships. He also won the gold medal in the 2009 World Games, the 2015 Pan American Games, as well as being an eight-time Pan American Karate Championships champion.[2]
Career edit
Bloodsport, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon were some of the films that inspired Douglas Brose to learn about and train some martial art. At eight years old, he chose karate.[3]
His first important medal was obtained at the 2007 Pan American Games, when he won a bronze medal. At this time, he was also two-time South American champion and three-time Brazilian champion.[4][5]
At the 2008 World Karate Championships he won his first medal in World Championships, a bronze.[6]
At the 2009 World Games held in Taiwan, Brose won the gold medal, his best performance in the history of the competition.[7][8]
At the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, he won gold for the first time, becoming world champion.[9]
At the 2011 Pan American Games, he won again a bronze medal.[10]
In 2012 he won his third World Championship medal, now a silver, at the 2012 World Karate Championships.[11]
At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event.[12]
At the 2013 World Combat Games held in Russia, Brose won a bronze medal.[13]
Brose became two-time world champion at the 2014 World Karate Championships in Bremen.[14]
At the 2015 Pan American Games, Brose won gold in karate, his best performance in Pan American Games history.[15][16]
At the 2019 Pan American Games, Brose won a silver medal.[17]
Brose won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[18][19] With this, he became three-time world champion. It was Brose's fifth world championship medal. The Brazilian won gold in 2010 and 2014, silver in 2012 and bronze in 2008.[20]
Brose obtained his seventh title at the Pan American Karate Championships in 2021, in Punta del Este. Before that, he had already been champion in Guadalajara 2011, Lima 2014, Toronto 2015, Rio 2016, Curaçao 2017 and Panama 2019.[21]
Brose obtained his eighth title at the Pan American Karate Championships in 2022, in Curaçao.[22][23][24]
Brose won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. It was his third medal in the history of the competition, ending his career with 1 gold and 2 silvers.[25][26]
At 37 years old, he competed in the last fights of his career at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago and said goodbye after winning the bronze medal. It was his fifth Pans medal: he obtained gold in Toronto-2015, silver in Lima-2019 and bronze in Rio-2007 and Guadalajara-2011.[27][28]
References edit
- ^ "Douglas Brose Profile". 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Tricampeão mundial do shiai kumitê, Douglas Brose se aposenta com bronze em Santiago
- ^ Profile at UOL
- ^ Profile at UOL
- ^ Brasileiro perde na semifinal e fica com o bronze no karatê
- ^ Brasileiro é bronze no Mundial de Caratê
- ^ Douglas Brose representa o Brasil no World Games
- ^ Bronze no Pan, brasileiro vence com golpe no fim e é campeão mundial de caratê em Belgrado
- ^ Bronze no Pan, brasileiro vence com golpe no fim e é campeão mundial de caratê em Belgrado
- ^ Brasileiro perde na semifinal e fica com o bronze no karatê
- ^ Brasileiro fica com a prata no Mundial de Caratê em Paris
- ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2013 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Brasil garante nove medalhas em mundial de esportes de combate, na Rússia
- ^ Carateca de Ribeirão Preto conquista bicampeonato mundial na Alemanha
- ^ Brasileiros Douglas Brose e Valéria Kumizaki conquistam o ouro no caratê
- ^ Caratê conquista dois ouros para o Brasil nos Jogos Pan-Americanos de Toronto
- ^ Douglas Brose é prata no caratê nos Jogos Pan-Americanos
- ^ Morgan, Liam (20 November 2021). "Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ O campeão voltou! Douglas Brose é tricampeão mundial de karatê
- ^ Após títulos no Mundial e Pan-Americano, Douglas Brose será homenageado pelo Ministério da Defesa
- ^ PKF Senior Championships 2022 Results
- ^ Douglas Brose conquista medalha de prata nos Jogos Mundiais de Birmingham
- ^ Em Curaçao, carateca Douglas Brose conquista sua oitava medalha de ouro em Pan-Americanos
- ^ "Sandra Sanchez and Anzhelika Terliuga lead way to medals on Day 1 of Karate at The World Games". World Karate Federation. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Douglas Brose se aposenta em dia de dois bronzes no caratê
- ^ Douglas Brose conquista o bronze no Pan em sua despedida como atleta de karatê
External links edit
- Douglas Brose at KarateRec.com
- Douglas Brose at the International World Games Association
- Douglas Brose at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived)
