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Patrícia Sampaio

Patrícia Sampaio
Personal information
Full namePatrícia Fernandes Sampaio
Born (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 25)
Tomar,[2] Portugal
OccupationJudoka
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍78 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2024)
World Champ.5th (2019)
European Champ.Bronze (2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Portugal
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2025 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Astana ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Perth ‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Almada ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Nassau ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍78 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sofia ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Vantaa ‍–‍78 kg
European Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Vantaa ‍–‍70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF21235
JudoInside.com95017
Updated on 4 March 2025

Patrícia Fernandes Sampaio (born 30 June 1999) is a Portuguese judoka.[3][4] In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where she reached the Round of 16.[5] In 2024, in the Paris Olympics, she won the bronze medal.[6]

Sampaio is the gold medalist of the 2019 Oceania Open Perth in the ‍–‍70 kg category.[7]

Sampaio won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[8]

On 1 August 2024 Sampaio won a bronze medal in the ‍–‍78 kg category at the Paris Olympics.[9][10] Sampaio had been eliminated in the semi-finals[11] by the ranking leader in the category,[12] Italy's Alice Bellandi—who would end up taking the gold in the competition.[13] In the battle for the bronze, Patrícia defeated Japan's Rika Takayama with two waza-aris: the first at 1:10 (Osoto gaeshi) and the second, which would end up sealing her victory, at 3:05 (Seoi otoshi).[14] This was the first medal for Portugal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. ^ "Patrícia Sampaio is honored and receives the 3rd Dan in Portimão". Portuguese Judo Federation (in Portuguese). 7 October 2024. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Patrícia Sampaio quer "aproveitar o melhor" dos primeiros Jogos Olímpicos". 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2024 - SAMPAIO, Patrícia". olimpics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Results 2019 Judo Perth Oceania Open -70 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  8. ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ^ "2024 - SAMPAIO, Patrícia". olimpics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Patrícia Sampaio, Você é MEDALHISTA OLÍMPICA". x.com/JogosOlimpicos. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Judo - Women -78 Kg Semifinal of Table A – Game 29". Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Female Seniors -78 kg / World Ranking List / IJF.org". ijf.org. 23 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Judo - Women -78 Kg Final – Game 35". olimpics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Judo - Women -78 Kg Contest for Bronze Medal – Game 34". olimpics.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.