Nationality: | Italian |
Birth Date: | 25 August 1994 |
Birth Place: | Messina, Italy |
Sport: | Judo |
Event: | +70 kg |
Club: | ASD Judo Franco Costa Messina |
Coach: | Vittorio Scimone |
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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | +70 kg | [3] |
IBSA Judo Grand Prix | Baku | bgcolor=gold | 1st | +70 kg | ||
IBSA Judo International Qualifier | Fort Wayne | 3rd | +70 kg | |||
IBSA Judo Grand Prix | Taskent | bgcolor=gold | 1st | +70 kg | [4] | |
2021 | IBSA Judo Grand Prix | Baku | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | +70 kg | [5] |
Warwick | bgcolor=gold | 1st | +70 kg | [6] | ||
Summer Paralympics | Tokyo | 3rd | +70 kg |