Diogo André Silvestre da Silva (born March 7, 1982) is [an Afro] Brazilian taekwondo athlete...
Silva was raised in Londrina,
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Paraná, and entered sports following a suggestion of his mother, who wanted him to enter an academy to stop fighting in the street. She wanted Silva to take up judo, but he entered taekwondo because he wanted to fight "like the actors in fighting movies". He cited as
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influences Jet Li and Jackie Chan, the latter being star of his favorite movies, Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour
...He is also an accomplished tree climber, surfer, parachutist and bunjee-jumper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo_Silva_(taekwondo)
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Audubon Ballroon (he/him)