Cátia Azevedo

Cátia Azevedo
	Cátia Azevedo in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Cátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo
Born	9 March 1994 (age 30); Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Education	Nursing School of Lisbon
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Sporting CP
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m: 50.59 s (2021, NR);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Portugal
Mediterranean Games
Ibero-American Championships

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[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Portugal
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	5th	400 m	52.89
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	18th (h)	400 m	52.87
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	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
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	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
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	5th	400 m	52.39
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29th (h)	400 m	54.17
	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.43
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	5th	400 m	52.63
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.21
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (sf)	400 m	52.23
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.35
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	400 m	52.26
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	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
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	17th (sf)	400 m	51.32
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	19th (h)	400 m	53.01
2022	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
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.93

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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[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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