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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Messina, Italy | 25 August 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | +70 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASD Judo Franco Costa Messina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Vittorio Scimone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Taskent | 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 |
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