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DE MORAIS ROCHEL Tais
NOC Brazil   
GenderWomen
Born 16 Oct 1983 in São Paulo, BRA
Height1.65 m
Weight 61 kg
Human Interest
Further Personal Information
Residence Rome, ITA
Occupation Athlete, Designer
Languages English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Higher education Faculty of Fine Arts in Sao Paulo: Brazil
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age seven.
Why this sport? She accompanied her brother to his fencing class, and the coach invited her to take up the sport.
Club / Team Esporte Clube Pinheiros [BRA] / Frascati Scherma [ITA]:
Name of coach Marcos Cardoso [Pinheiros]; Marco Ramacci [Frascati]; Alexandre Teixeira [national]
Handedness Right
General Interest
Hobbies Reading, meditating. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Hero / Idol Brazilian tennis player Gustavo Kuerten. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto "Thou wilt see that a son of thine flees not from battle." [Brazilian National Anthem] (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Other information POSITIVE TEST
She was stopped from competing at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, after failing a drugs test in September 2011. She tested positive for a substance that was contained in the medicine she had been using to treat her asthma. She was later given a three-month ban. "I told the judge [that she had taken the medicine]. I have never denied it. At no point did I think about quitting, because I always had a clear conscience. I have a disease, I am asthmatic and used the product out of necessity. If I hadn't used it that night, I could have died." (folha.uol.com.br, 28 Jun 2015; esportes.estadao.com.br, 22 Oct 2011)

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
Pan American Championships
2016 5 Team Foil Panama, Panama
2015 4 Team Foil Santiago, Chile
2014 7 Individual Foil San José, Costa Rica
2013 5 Team Foil Cartagena, Colombia
2011 3 Team Foil Reno, NV, United States
2010 7 Team Foil San José, Costa Rica