Telma Alexandra Pinto Monteiro ComM (born 27 December 1985) is a Portuguese judoka who has won multiple medals in international competitions, such as the European and World Championships.[3] She is a two times winner of the Paris Grand Slam, in 2012 and 2015.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won her first-ever Olympic medal after taking the bronze in the women's –57 kg event.[5] She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
Born in Lisbon, she represented Construções Norte/Sul until 2007, when she joined S.L. Benfica.
Achievements
–57 kg
2019
- Bronze – Masters Abu Dhabi[7]
 - Bronze – European Games / European Championships (Minsk)
 
2018
- Gold – Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
 
2017
- Gold – European Open (Minsk)
 
2016
- Bronze – Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro)
 - Bronze – Grand Prix (Budapest)
 
2015
- Gold – European Championships[8]
 - Gold – Grand Slam Paris[9]
 
2014
- Silver – World Championships
 - Gold – Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi)[10]
 - Silver – Grand Slam Tokyo[11]
 
2013
- Bronze – European Championships (Budapest)
 - Gold – European Open (Sofia)
 
2012
- 17th – Olympic Games
 - Gold – European Championships
 - Gold – Grand Slam Paris
 - Silver – Masters (Almaty)
 
2011
- Silver – European Championships
 - Gold – European Cup (Hamburg)
 - Bronze – World Cup (Lisbon)
 - Bronze – Grand Slam Paris
 - Bronze – Grand Prix (Abu Dhabi)
 - Gold – Masters (Baku)
 
2010
- Silver – World Championships
 - Bronze – European Championships
 - Gold – World Cup (Sofia)
 - Silver – Grand Prix Düsseldorf
 - Silver – Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro
 - Bronze – Grand Slam Moscow
 
2009
- Gold – European Championships
 - Silver – World Championships
 - Gold – World Cup (Lisbon)
 - Gold – World Cup (Sofia)
 - Gold – Grand Prix (Hamburg)
 - Gold – Grand Slam Rio de Janeiro
 - Bronze – Grand Slam Moscow
 
–52 kg
2008
- 9th – Olympic Games
 - Gold – Portuguese Cup by teams
 - Gold – World Cup (Bucharest) A category
 - Bronze – World Cup (Paris) Super A category
 
2007
- Silver – World Championships
 - Gold – European Championships
 - Gold – World Cup (Lisbon)
 - Gold – World Cup (Denmark)
 - Silver – Super A Tournament (Paris)
 - Silver – Super A Tournament (Moscow)
 
2006
1st – World Ranking –52 kg
- Gold – European Championships
 - Gold – World Cup (Lisbon)
 - Silver – Fukuoka International Championships (Fukuoka)
 - Gold – Super A Tournament (Moscow)
 - Gold – Under-23 European Championships (Moscow)
 
2005
- Bronze – World Championships
 - Bronze – European Championships
 - Gold – World Cup (Madrid)
 - Bronze – World Cup (Tampere)
 - Silver – Under-23 European Championships (Kyiv)
 - Gold – Kiyoshi Kobayashi International Championship
 - Gold – World Cup (Bucharest)
 
2004
2nd – European Ranking –52 kg
2003
- Gold – Portuguese Championship
 - Bronze – Juniors European Championships (Sarajevo)
 - Gold – Juniors A Championship (Sweden)
 - Gold – Juniors A Championship (Hungary)
 - Gold – Juniors A Championship (Portugal)
 - Bronze – Juniors A Championship (Czech Republic)
 
2002
- 9th – Juniors European Championship
 - Gold – Juniors Portuguese Championship
 - Silver – Portugal Juniors A Tournament
 
2001
- Silver – Esperanças Portuguese Championship
 
Orders
 Officer of the Order of Merit[12]
 Commander of the Order of Merit[13]
References
- ↑ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
 - ↑ "Telma Alexandre Pinto Monteiro".
 - ↑ "Telma Monteiro". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
 - ↑ "Telma Monteiro vence Grand Slam de Paris". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
 - ↑ "A primeira para Portugal. Telma Monteiro conquista medalha de bronze" [The first for Portugal. Telma Monteiro wins bronze medal]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
 - ↑ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
 - ↑ "KIM JIN A MAKES HISTORY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
 - ↑ "Telma Monteiro conquista Ouro em Baku" [Telma Monteiro conquers Gold in Baku] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
 - ↑  RTP, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal -. "Telma Monteiro medalha de ouro em Paris - Judo - Desporto - RTP Notícias".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Judo: Telma Monteiro conquista Ouro no Grand Slam de Abu Dhabi". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
 - ↑ "Judo - Telma Monteiro conquista Medalha de Prata em Tóquio". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
 - ↑ "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
 - ↑ "Telma Monteiro condecorada" [Telma Monteiro decorated]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
 
Further reading
- Monteiro, Telma (September 2016). Na Vida com Garra – Uma história inspiradora de superação e conquista [Living Life with Guts – An inspiring story of overcoming and conquest] (in Portuguese). Barcarena, Portugal: Manuscrito. ISBN 978-989-8818-55-3.
 
External links
- Telma Monteiro at the International Judo Federation
 - Telma Monteiro at JudoInside.com
 - Telma Monteiro at Olympedia
 - Telma Monteiro at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived) 

 
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