Cátia 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
Event
400 metres
ClubSporting CP
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 400 m: 50.59 s (2021, NR)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Portugal
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran400 m
Ibero-American Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Trujillo400 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Trujillo4x400 m

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.

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
European Championships Rome, Italy 14th (h) 400 m 52.53
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.50
Olympic Games Paris, France 20th (rep) 400 m 52.04

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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