Cátia Oliveira
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Full name | Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cerqueira César, Brazil | 12 June 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://catiaoliveira.com.br/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Class 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira (born 12 June 1991) is a Brazilian Para table tennis player and former footballer. Cátia won a gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games and was selected for the 2016 Paralympic Games in her home country.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 1–2, winning a bronze medal.[2]
Life[]
Cátia began playing table tennis in 2013 and developed quickly, winning a place on Brazil's national team in time for the 2015 Parapan American Games. In October 2018 she won a silver medal at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia. She was bereaved by the untimely death of her father during the tournament.[3]
Botucatu Futebol Clube signed Cátia as a promising footballer when she was 14 years old. In October 2007, teammate Renata Costa was driving Cátia and Michele in her Opel Corsa when she crashed into another car at a level crossing. Michele and Renata suffered minor injuries, while Cátia, who was asleep in the back seat, suffered a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia.[4][5] Costa was fined $576 for driving without a licence.[6] Cátia had been called up to the Brazil women's national under-17 football team on the day of the accident.[7]
In June 2021 she was one of the women identified as part of Brazil's Paralympic Table Tennis team for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes identified were Bruna Alexandre (class 10), (in class 9) and (in class 4).[8]
References[]
- ^ Werlang, Hector (9 September 2016). "O tempo de Cátia: como o tênis de mesa a levou ao sonho da seleção" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Athletics AZEVEDO Catia - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cátia Oliveira é vice-campeã Mundial na Eslovênia" (in Portuguese). Olimpíada Todo Dia. 20 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ Agassi, Gilmar (18 October 2007). "Após acidente, Renata está apta a jogar" (in Portuguese). Jornal Folha de Londrina. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ de Cássia Cornélio, Rita (20 October 2007). "Acidente com jogadoras gera polêmica" (in Portuguese). Jornal da Cidade. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Cátia: Jogadora que provocou acidente não possui habilitação" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Jogadora envolvida em acidente não tem habilitação" (in Portuguese). Rede Globo. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Com time de sparrings de alto nível, Seleção paralímpica de tênis de mesa encerra semana de treinamentos em São Paulo - Surto Olímpico". www.surtoolimpico.com.br. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
External links[]
- Cátia Oliveira at Sambafoot
- 1991 births
- Brazilian female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic table tennis players of Brazil
- Living people
- Brazilian women's footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- People from São Paulo (state)
- Botucatu Futebol Clube players
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics