Carolina Costa

Carolina Costa

Carolina Costa in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 31) Messina, Italy
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Sport	Para judo
Event	+70 kg
Club	ASD Judo Franco Costa Messina
Coached by	Vittorio Scimone
Medal record Representing   Italy Women's Judo Paralympic sport Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympics 0 0 1 IBSA World Championships 0 0 1 IBSA European Championships 1 0 0 Total 1 0 2
Profile at external databases
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Carolina Costa (right) on the Tokyo 2020 podimum.

Costa awarded by Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale in 2021.

Carolina Costa (born 25 August 1994) ^[1] is an Italian female judoka and paralympic athlete. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. ^[2]

Biography

Daughter of the Sicilian master Judo and president of the Italian Kendo Federation Franco Costa, who died in 2006, Carolina Costa began her under-23 judoka career in a very promising way with some brilliant results even at an absolute level, like a second place in the Italian championships.

In 2016, at the age of 22 she was diagnosed with keratoconus, a degenerative disease that if taken at a young age can lead to progressive blindness, therefore Carolina's performance is diminishing, it becomes necessary to switch to paralympic sport and here, however that, as a paralympic athlete, she achieves international results, like a bronze medal at the world championships and a gold medal at the European championships. These results give her the almost certainty of being able to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. ^[1] She is the daughter of the Olympic former freestyle wrestler Katarzyna Juszczak. ^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2018	IBSA World Championships	Lisbon	3rd	+70 kg
2019	IBSA European Championships	Genoa	1st	+70 kg	[3]
	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Baku	1st	+70 kg	[4]
	IBSA Judo International Qualifier	Fort Wayne	3rd	+70 kg	[4]
	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Tashkent	1st	+70 kg	[4]
2021	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Baku	2nd	+70 kg	[5]
		Warwick	1st	+70 kg	[6]
	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo	3rd	+70 kg
2024	Summer Paralympics	Paris	5th	+70 kg
2025	IBSA European Judo Championships	Tblisi	1st	+70 kg

See also

• International Blind Sports Federation
• FIJLKAM

References

1. "Judo, la storia di Carolina che sogna le ParaOlimpiadi del 2020 a Tokyo" (in Italian). messina.gazzettadelsud.it. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019. Carolina Costa. Una ragazzona di 24 anni (compiuti lo scorso 25 agosto). Figlia d'arte: il papà il compianto maestro Franco Costa, la mamma la polacca Katarzyna Juszcak
2. "Judo - COSTA Carolina". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
3. "Judo: Carolina Costa vince l'oro ai campionati europei Ibsa" (in Italian). genova24.it. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
4. "Judo. Carolina Costa medaglia d'oro al Grand Prix in Uzbekistan" (in Italian). comitatoparalimpico.it. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
5. "Grand Prix di Judo, Carolina Costa vince la medaglia d'argento" (in Italian). comitatoparalimpico.it. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
6. "Paralympic champion Ruvalcaba among winners at IBSA Grand Prix in Warwick" (in Italian). insidethegames.biz. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

• Carolina Costa at JudoInside.com
• Carolina Costa at Paralympic.org
• Carolina Costa at the Italian Paralympic Committee (in Italian)
• Carolina Costa. Il mio judo per passione e per missione, nel segno di papà [Carolina Costa. My judo for passion and mission, in the name of dad] at CIP at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 August 2019)(in Italian)