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Carolina Costa
	Carolina Costa in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	25 August 1994 (age 30); Messina, Italy
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Sport	Para judo
Event	+70 kg
Club	ASD Judo Franco Costa Messina
Coached by	Vittorio Scimone
Medal record
Representing Italy
Women's Judo
Paralympic sport
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com	11568

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]

Biography

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]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2018	IBSA World Championshis	Lisbon	3rd	+70 kg
2019	IBSA European Championshis	Genoa	1st	+70 kg	^[3]
	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Baku	1st	+70 kg	^[4]
	IBSA Judo International Qualifier	Fort Wayne	3rd	+70 kg	^[4]
	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Tashkent	1st	+70 kg	^[4]
2021	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Baku	2nd	+70 kg	^[5]
	IBSA Judo Grand Prix	Warwick	1st	+70 kg	^[6]
	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo	3rd	+70 kg