Patrícia Sampaio
Portuguese judoka (born 1999)
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Patrícia Fernandes Sampaio (born 30 June 1999) is a Portuguese judoka.[4][5] In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where she reached the Round of 16.[6] In 2024, in the Paris Olympics, she won the bronze medal.[7]
Sampaio is the gold medalist of the 2019 Oceania Open Perth in the –78 kg category.[8]
Sampaio won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[9]
On 1 August 2024 Sampaio won a bronze medal in the –78 kg category at the Paris Olympics.[10][11] Sampaio had been eliminated in the semi-finals[12] by the ranking leader in the category,[13] Italy's Alice Bellandi—who would end up taking the gold in the competition.[14] In the battle for the bronze, Patrícia defeated Japan's Rika Takayama with two waza-aris: the first at 1:10 (Osoto gaeshi) and the second, which would end up sealing her victory, at 3:05 (Seoi otoshi).[15] This was the first medal for Portugal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
