Catarina Costa

Catarina Costa
Personal information
Full nameCatarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa
Born (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996
Coimbra, Portugal
EducationMedicine
OccupationJudoka
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Portugal
SportJudo
Weight class48 kg
University teamUniversity of Coimbra
ClubAssociação Académica de Coimbra
Coached byJoão Neto
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2020)
World Champ.5th (2018, 2024)
European Champ. (2022, 2023, 2025)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Portugal
European Championships
2022 Sofia48 kg
2023 Montpellier48 kg
2025 Podgorica48 kg
2024 Zagreb48 kg
World Masters
2022 Jerusalem48 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2019 Brasilia48 kg
2023 Tashkent48 kg
2019 Düsseldorf48 kg
2019 Baku48 kg
2019 Abu Dhabi48 kg
2021 Abu Dhabi48 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar48 kg
2023 Tokyo48 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2018 Antalya48 kg
2022 Almada48 kg
2018 Agadir48 kg
2018 Cancún48 kg
2019 Montreal48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF13452
JudoInside.com75232
Updated on 23 April 2025

Catarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa (born 21 September 1996) is a Portuguese judoka.

She is the gold medallist of the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Brasilia and represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won a bronze medal in the women's under-48kg kilogram category.