Cátia Azevedo

Cátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo (born 9 March 1994) is a Portuguese record-breaking sprinter specialising in the 400 metres, who competes for Portugal and Sporting CP.[2][3] She won two gold medals at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Azevedo.
Cátia Azevedo
Cátia Azevedo in 2015
Personal information
Full nameCátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo
Born (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994
Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
EducationNursing School of Lisbon
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
ClubSporting CP
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 400 m: 50.59 s (2021, NR)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Portugal
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran400 m
Ibero-American Championships
2018 Trujillo400 m
2018 Trujillo4x400 m

Her personal bests in the event are 50.59 seconds outdoors (Huelva 2021) and 53.10 seconds indoors (Madrid 2020). The first is the current national record.

Azevedo is also a nurse by training.[4]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Portugal
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 5th 400 m 52.89
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 18th (h) 400 m 52.87
10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.41
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 14th (h) 400 m 53.49
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th (sf) 400 m 52.46
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.48
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31st (h) 400 m 52.38
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 39th (h) 400 m 52.79
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 5th 400 m 52.39
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 29th (h) 400 m 54.17
8th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.43
Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 5th 400 m 52.63
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.21
European Championships Berlin, Germany 18th (sf) 400 m 52.23
12th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.35
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 1st 400 m 52.26
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.49
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 22nd (h) 400 m 53.43
Universiade Naples, Italy 5th 400 m 52.07
World Championships Doha, Qatar 40th (h) 400 m 52.79
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 24th (h) 400 m 53.28
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (sf) 400 m 51.32
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 19th (h) 400 m 53.01
Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 5th 400 m 51.58
2022 Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 1st 400 m 51.24
World Championships Eugene, United States 19th (sf) 400 m 51.79
European Championships Munich, Germany 11th (sf) 400 m 51.42
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 32nd (h) 400 m 51.93
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 14th (h) 400 m 52.92
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.93

References
  1. 2017 Universiade bio
  2. Cátia Azevedo at World Athletics
  3. Renascença (2024-01-27). "Cátia Azevedo bate recorde nacional dos 400 metros - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  4. "Cátia Azevedo: «Enfermagem mudou-me como atleta»". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-01-31.
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