 Carolina Costa in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1994 Messina, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | +70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASD Judo Franco Costa Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vittorio Scimone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2018 | IBSA World Championshis |  Lisbon | 3rd | +70 kg | |
| 2019 | IBSA European Championshis |  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 |
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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