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-time 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 edit
–57 kg edit
2019 edit
- Bronze – Masters Abu Dhabi[7]
- Bronze – European Games / European Championships (Minsk)
2018 edit
- Gold – Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
2017 edit
- Gold – European Open (Minsk)
2016 edit
- Bronze – Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro)
- Bronze – Grand Prix (Budapest)
2015 edit
- Gold – European Championships[8]
- Gold – Grand Slam Paris[9]
2014 edit
- Silver – World Championships
- Gold – Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi)[10]
- Silver – Grand Slam Tokyo[11]
2013 edit
- Bronze – European Championships (Budapest)
- Gold – European Open (Sofia)
2012 edit
- 17th – Olympic Games
- Gold – European Championships
- Gold – Grand Slam Paris
- Silver – Masters (Almaty)
2011 edit
- Silver – European Championships
- Gold – European Cup (Hamburg)
- Bronze – World Cup (Lisbon)
- Bronze – Grand Slam Paris
- Bronze – Grand Prix (Abu Dhabi)
- Gold – Masters (Baku)
2010 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
2008 edit
- 9th – Olympic Games
- Gold – Portuguese Cup by teams
- Gold – World Cup (Bucharest) A category
- Bronze – World Cup (Paris) Super A category
2007 edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
2nd – European Ranking –52 kg
- 12th – Olympic Games
- Silver – Juniors World Championship (Budapest)
- Gold – Junior European Championship (Sofia)
- Gold – European Open (Germany)
- Gold – World Cup (Leonding)
- Gold – World Cup (Rome)
- Bronze – World Cup (Tallinn)
- Bronze – World Cup (Warsaw)
2003 edit
- 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 edit
- 9th – Juniors European Championship
- Gold – Juniors Portuguese Championship
- Silver – Portugal Juniors A Tournament
2001 edit
- Silver – Esperanças Portuguese Championship
Orders edit
Officer of the Order of Merit[12]
Commander of the Order of Merit[13]
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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)
