{{Short description|Brazilian freestyle wrestler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Portuguese name|Martins|Machado}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Thamires Machado | fullname = Thamires Martins Machado | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|6|3}} | birth_place = | sport = Amateur wrestling | event = Freestyle wrestling | weight_class = 76 kg | country = {{BRA}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's freestyle wrestling}} {{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 Monterrey|76 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|South American Games}} {{MedalSilver|2022 Asunción|68 kg}} {{Medal|Competition|Grand Prix}} {{MedalGold|2024 Nice|72 kg}} {{MedalGold|2025 Budapest|76 kg}} {{MedalGold|2025 Warsaw|76 kg}} {{MedalGold|2025 Bucharest|76 kg}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Guatemala City|68 kg}} }} '''Thamires Martins Machado''' (born 3 June 2000) is a Brazilian freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Junior Championships and the silver medal at the 2022 South American Games. She later won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2025 Pan American Wrestling Championships.<ref name="uwwprofile">{{cite web |title=MARTINS MACHADO Thamires |url=https://uww.org/athletes/martins-machado-thamires |publisher=United World Wrestling |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="cbw.org.br">{{cite web |title=Seleção Brasileira Sênior de Wrestling para o Campeonato Pan-Americano 2025 |url=https://www.cbw.org.br/noticia/3408/selecao-brasileira-senior-de-wrestling-para-o-campeonato-pan-americano-2025 |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Wrestling |date=28 March 2025 |access-date=24 March 2026 |language=pt}}</ref>
== Career == Machado competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships, where she finished seventh.<ref name="uwwprofile" /> In the same season, she won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Championships.<ref name="uwwprofile" />
In 2022, she won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the South American Games in Asunción.<ref name="uwwprofile" /><ref>{{cite web |title=South American Games Preview |url=https://cms.uww.org/article/south-american-games-preview |publisher=United World Wrestling |date=11 October 2022 |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wrestling brasileiro entra na fase final de preparação para Pan e seletiva pré-olímpica |url=https://www.cbw.org.br/noticia/3136/wrestling-brasileiro-entra-na-fase-final-de-preparacao-para-pan-e-seletiva-pre-olimpica-com-participacao-de-lauren-louvie |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Wrestling |access-date=24 March 2026 |language=pt}}</ref>
At the 2024 Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament, Machado finished third in the women's 68 kg event.<ref name="uwwprofile" /> Later that year, she moved up to 72 kg and competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships, where she placed 13th.<ref name="uwwprofile" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Seniors World Championships – Non-Olympic Weight Categories Final Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2026-03/final-book_2024-senior_worlds-non-olympic_weight_20260303.pdf |publisher=United World Wrestling |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref> In early 2024, she also won the women's 72 kg title at the Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane.<ref name="uwwprofile" />
In 2025, Machado moved up to the 76 kg division and was selected for Brazil's senior team at the Pan American Championships.<ref name="cbw.org.br"/> She won the silver medal in the women's 76 kg event there.<ref name="uwwprofile" /> During the 2025 international season, Machado won gold medals at the 2025 Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Tournament, the 2025 Poland Open, and the Ion Corneanu & Ladislau Simon Memorial.<ref name="uwwprofile" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Delegação brasileira participa de competição internacional em Budapeste com atletas e treinadores de destaque |url=https://www.cbw.org.br/noticia/3476/delegacao-brasileira-participa-de-competicao-internacional-em-budapeste-com-atletas-e-treinadores-de-destaque |publisher=Confederação Brasileira de Wrestling |date=17 July 2025 |access-date=24 March 2026 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial Budapest, HU – Final Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2025-07/final-book-polyak_imre_varga_janos_memorial.pdf |publisher=United World Wrestling |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref>
On 18 August 2025, Machado was provisionally suspended in a case managed by the International Testing Agency on behalf of United World Wrestling. The ITA listed the asserted anti-doping rule violation as Article 2.1, "Presence of 19-norandrosterone", with a violation date of 19 July 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-Doping Rule Violations |url=https://ita.sport/anti-doping-rule-violations/ |publisher=International Testing Agency |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=United World Wrestling (UWW) sanctions list |url=https://ita.sport/sanction/united-world-wrestling-uww/ |publisher=International Testing Agency |access-date=24 March 2026}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{UWW|martins-machado-thamires|Thamires Machado}} * {{IWD|548D3E06BC264601B9D88CEFB2E95AD3|Thamires Martins Machado}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Machado, Thamires}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian female sport wrestlers Category:Pan American Wrestling Championships medalists Category:South American Games silver medalists for Brazil Category:Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Category:Doping cases in wrestling Category:Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases Category:21st-century Brazilian sportswomen