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Rio gold medal winner Rafaela Silva makes history, has a girlfriend

Judo champion Rafaela Silva is making history as Brazil’s first Gold Medal winner in this year’s Summer Olympics as well as the first female world champion in the sport.

It’s also come out that Rafael has a very supportive girlfriend of three years, Thamara Cezar, who she met while training at Flavio Canto’s Reaction Institute.

A photo posted by Rafaela Silva (@rafaelasilvaa) on Jul 17, 2016 at 4:47pm PDT

Roughly translated, Rafaela speaks highly of her partner and her support:

“Sometimes she knew I was tired in training and tried to minimize the situation. She was there on the day and knew what I went when I was tired and when I wasn’t. All I needed was her to be there on hand to do, so she’s very important. ”

Rafaela’s win was celebrated by chants of “Rafa” from fans in the crowd who know her story and humble beginnings from “the slums of Cidade de deus, a violence-plagued favela in Rio de Janeiro that she called home as a child.” She found Judo at the age of five and excelled. She competed in the 2012 Olympics but was disqualified for an illegal leg grab in a match with Hungary’s Hedvig Karakas.

On Monday, Rafaela beat Dorjsürengiin Sumiya of Mongolia in the 57-kilogram division and won over reigning champ Kaori Matsumoto of Japan, who took home the bronze.

Congrats to Rafaela on her historic win!

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