Catarina Costa

FullnameCatarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa

Born (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 29)

Coimbra, Portugal

EducationMedicine

OccupationJudoka

Catarina Costa

Personal information
Full name	Catarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa
Born	(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 29) Coimbra, Portugal
Education	Medicine
Occupation	Judoka
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍48 kg
University team	University of Coimbra
Club	Associação Académica de Coimbra
Coached by	João Neto
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	5th (2020)
World Champ.	5th (2018, 2024)
European Champ.	(2022, 2023, 2025)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Portugal European Championships 2022 Sofia ‍–‍48 kg 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍48 kg 2025 Podgorica ‍–‍48 kg 2024 Zagreb ‍–‍48 kg World Masters 2022 Jerusalem ‍–‍48 kg IJF Grand Slam 2019 Brasilia ‍–‍48 kg 2023 Tashkent ‍–‍48 kg 2019 Düsseldorf ‍–‍48 kg 2019 Baku ‍–‍48 kg 2019 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍48 kg 2021 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍48 kg 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍48 kg 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍48 kg IJF Grand Prix 2018 Antalya ‍–‍48 kg 2022 Almada ‍–‍48 kg 2018 Agadir ‍–‍48 kg 2018 Cancún ‍–‍48 kg 2019 Montreal ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	13452
JudoInside.com	75232
Updated on 23 April 2025

Catarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa (born 21 September 1996) is a Portuguese judoka.^[1][2]

She is the gold medallist of the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Brasilia and represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[3]

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 category.^[4]