da SILVA OLIVEIRA Catia Cristina

Brazil
Table Tennis
12 Jun 1991
30
Female
2
CERQUEIRA CESAR
 
Brazil

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TTE Table Tennis Women's Team - Classes 1-3
BRA
Brazil
 5
Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 5
Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Group D
#4
FIN
TAPOLA ATAPOLA Aino
 Sport Class: 1
1
BRA
da SILVA OLIVEIRAda SILVA OLIVEIRA Catia Cristina
 Sport Class: 2
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6
Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Group D
#8
POL
BUCLAW DBUCLAW Dorota
 Sport Class: 1
3
BRA
da SILVA OLIVEIRAda SILVA OLIVEIRA Catia Cristina
 Sport Class: 2
1
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 7
Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Quarterfinal 1
#13
ITA
ROSSI GROSSI Giada
 Sport Class: 2
0
BRA
da SILVA OLIVEIRAda SILVA OLIVEIRA Catia Cristina
 Sport Class: 2
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 6
Women's Singles - Classes 1-2 Semifinal 1
#17
BRA
da SILVA OLIVEIRAda SILVA OLIVEIRA Catia Cristina
 Sport Class: 2
1
KOR
SEO SYSEO Su Yeon
 Sport Class: 2
3
Finished
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 8
Women's Team - Classes 1-3 Quarterfinal 4
#4
BRA
Brazil
1
KOR
Republic of Korea
2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
5Team - Class 4-52016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
9Singles - Classes 1-22016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
2Singles - Classes 1-22018Lasko, SLO
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Supporting Brazilian football team Corinthians. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020)
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Athlete
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Portuguese
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Associacao Nova Era de Tenis de Mesa [Bauru, BRA]
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Paulo Molitor [national], BRA
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She played football at youth level and was selected for the Brazil U17 squad before her accident. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020)
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2013 for Brazil, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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She suffered a shoulder injury in 2015 that required surgery. (socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018; espn.com.br, 03 May 2018)
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She took up Para table tennis in 2013 in Brazil. (socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018; Athlete, 27 Jul 2016)
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"I was always passionate about sport and really wanted to get back into it after the accident. In 2013 I went to an inclusion fair, and played table tennis with a Para athlete. I said to myself, 'I like table tennis, because I just need a table and someone to play with me'." (socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018)
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"There is a match that I will never forget, it was the first time that I defeated a top-three player [Nadejda Pushpasheva]. It was in 2015, in Slovakia. I was losing 2-0, and in the end I won 3-2." (socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018)
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Before competing she listens to a song called 'Sonhar' [To Dream] by Brazilian singer MC Gui. (socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018)
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"Sport is everything in my life, this is what I know." (Facebook page, 02 Mar 2020)
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She was named Para Table Tennis Player of the Year for 2015 by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee. (cpb.org.br, 01 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
TT2 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020)

Impairment Details
Her impairment is the result of a car accident in 2007. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020; globoesporte.globo.com, 09 Sep 2016)

General
MEDAL DEDICATION
She dedicated her silver medal in the TT1-2 singles event at the 2018 World Championships in Lasko, Slovenia, to her father, who passed away the same day she won the medal. "My father died the day that I won the medal, so I want to pay homage to him. I know he is up there looking after me, because he was my biggest fan. This medal is for him." (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Aug 2020; socialbauru.com.br, 06 Nov 2018; cpb.org.br, 20 Oct 2018)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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