MONTEIRO Telma

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-52 kg	-57 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	3
2012	London, GBR	-	17
2008	Beijing, CHN	9	-
2004	Athens, GRE	9	-

World Championships

Year	Location	-52 kg	-57 kg	Team X
2021	Budapest, HUN	-	7	-
2019	Tokyo, JPN	-	9	9
2018	Baku, AZE	-	9	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	5	-
2015	Astana, KAZ	-	7	-
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	-	2	-
2013	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	17	-
2011	Paris, FRA	-	33	-
2010	Tokyo, JPN	-	2	-
2009	Rotterdam, NED	-	2	-
2007	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2	-	-
2005	Cairo, EGY	3	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	-57 kg	Team
2021	Lisbon, POR	1	-
2020	Prague, CZE	2	-
2019	Minsk, BLR	3	2
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	3	-

World Masters

Year	Location	-57 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	5
2019	Qingdao, CHN	3
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
2020	-57 kg	-	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-57 kg	-	-	-	2x	1x	1x	-	1x	-
2018	-57 kg	1x	-	-	-	1x	1x	-	1x	-
2017	-57 kg	-	-	-	-	-	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
2020	-57 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-57 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-	-
2018	-57 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2x

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
2019	-57 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2017	-57 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Yekaterinburg, RUS
1	2017	-57 kg	World Cup	Minsk, BLR
5	2020	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
5	2020	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
5	2020	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
5	2019	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Brasilia, BRA
5	2019	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Yekaterinburg, RUS
7	2019	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
7	2019	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
7	2018	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA

Judo, art and culture, films, photography, travelling. (Facebook page, 16 May 2016)

Athlete

Physical Education, Sport Studies - Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon, POR

English, Portuguese

SL Benfica [Lisbon, POR]

Her sister Ana Monteiro has represented Portugal at judo and won bronze in the -48kg category at the 2004 European U23 Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (judoinside.com, 16 May 2010)

She first tried judo at age 12 after following her sister to the local club. She didn't like it at first, but gave it a second chance at age 14 and stuck with it. (aulamagna.pt, 30 May 2010)

"If I had to pick one aspect, I'd say competition. I like the sport itself, and training, but most of the enjoyment for me comes from competitions. I tried athletics and football when I was younger, but in both cases the competitions were poorly organised, non-existent, or I had to play with older girls. This was decisive in my preference for judo." (aulamagna.pt, 30 May 2010)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ojogo.pt, 08 Jun 2021)

"When you believe and when you work hard, age does not matter." (European Judo YouTube channel, 17 Apr 2021)

In 2021 she received the Order of Merit Medal from the Portuguese government. (dn.pt, 16 Apr 2021)

In 2015 she was named Athlete of the Year by the Portuguese Association of Sports Writers and Personality of the Year by the Portuguese Sports Confederation [CDP]. (kombatpress.com, 11 May 2016; dn.pt, 04 Nov 2015; fpj.pt, 01 Jan 2014)

She was the flag bearer for Portugal at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (caras.sapo.pt, 16 May 2016)

She has won the Portuguese Golden Globe for Sport in 2010, 2011 and 2015. (caras.sapo.pt, 16 May 2016)

She was named Female Athlete of the Year by the CDP in 2010, 2011 and 2014. (dn.pt, 04 Nov 2015; fpj.pt, 01 Jan 2014)

In 2005 she was awarded the Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes, an award from the Olympic Committee of Portugal that recognises outstanding achievements. (aaop.pt, 01 Oct 2011)