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Cátia Oliveira
Personal information
Full name	Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira
Born	12 June 1991 (age 33); Cerqueira César, Brazil
Website	http://catiaoliveira.com.br/
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Para table tennis
Event	Class 2
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2016
Medal record
Table tennis
Representing Brazil
Paralympic Games
Parapan American Games
Position(s)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Botucatu
International career
2007	Brazil U-17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira (born 12 June 1991) is a Brazilian Para table tennis player and former footballer. Cátia won a gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games and was selected for the 2016 Paralympic Games in her home country.^[1] Cátia began playing table tennis in 2013 and developed quickly, winning a place on Brazil's national team in time for the 2015 Parapan American Games. In October 2018 she won a silver medal at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia. She was bereaved by the untimely death of her father during the tournament.^[2]

Botucatu Futebol Clube signed Cátia as a promising footballer when she was 14 years old. In October 2007, teammate Renata Costa was driving Cátia and Michele in her Opel Corsa when she crashed into another car at a level crossing. Michele and Renata suffered minor injuries, while Cátia, who was asleep in the back seat, suffered a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia.^[3]^[4] Costa was fined $576 for driving without a licence.^[5] Cátia had been called up to the Brazil women's national under-17 football team on the day of the accident.^[6]

In June 2021 she was one of the women as part of Brazil's table tennis team for the 2020 Paralympic Games which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes were Bruna Costa Alexandre (class 10), Danielle Rauen (in class 9) and Joyce Oliveira (in class 4).^[7]