Cátia Azevedo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Azevedo.

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.

Cátia Azevedo

Cátia Azevedo in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Cátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo
Born	(1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 31) Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Education	Nursing School of Lisbon
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
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 2022 Oran 400 m Ibero-American Championships 2018 Trujillo 400 m 2018 Trujillo 4x400 m

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

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
			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
			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
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	5th	400 m	52.39
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	29th (h)	400 m	54.17
			8th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.43
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	5th	400 m	52.63
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.21
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (sf)	400 m	52.23
			12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.35
	Ibero-American Championships	Trujillo, Peru	1st	400 m	52.26
			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
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	17th (sf)	400 m	51.32
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	19th (h)	400 m	53.01
	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
			9th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.93
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	14th (h)	400 m	52.53
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.50
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	20th (rep)	400 m	52.04