COSTA Catarina

World Championships

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	9
2019	Tokyo, JPN	17
2018	Baku, AZE	5

European Championships

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Lisbon, POR	9
2020	Prague, CZE	9
2019	Minsk, BLR	5
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	9

World Masters

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	5
2019	Qingdao, CHN	9
2018	Guangzhou, CHN	9

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-48 kg	-	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2019	-48 kg	1x	-	3x	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2018	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	1x	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-48 kg	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2018	-48 kg	1x	2x	-	-	-	-	3x	-	1x
2017	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2018	-48 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Brasilia, BRA
1	2018	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Antalya, TUR
2	2019	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Montreal, FRA
2	2018	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Cancun, MEX
2	2018	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Agadir, MAR
3	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
3	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
3	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2018	-48 kg	World Cup	Odivelas, POR
5	2021	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Tbilisi, GEO
5	2021	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Tel Aviv, ISR

CC, Pocket Rocket, Formiga Atomica [Atomic Ant. Coach Joao Neto gave her the nickname in 2011 on account of her explosive attacking style]. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Cooking, skateboarding, spending time with friends, going to the swimming pool and beach. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Student

Medicine - University of Coimbra, Portugal

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

She began the sport in 2008. (record.pt, 20 Oct 2019)

She was spotted by coach Joao Abreu while she was at school. "I was about to play football with the boys, because I have always liked sports, and he asked me if I wanted to practise judo. I didn't know what it was, only that it was practised with a kimono, but as I've always been very curious I went and did a first training. I came back for the second training, for the third one... I never stopped." (Diario As Beiras, 27 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (record.pt, 20 Oct 2019)

Securing her place to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Her grandmother, her mother. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Coach Joao Neto. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

"Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)