Carolina Costa (born 25 August 1994) is an Italian female judoka and paralympic athlete. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +70 kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan.

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 Keratoconus (KC) is a disorder of the eye that results in progressive thinning of the cornea. This may result in blurry vision, double vision, nearsightedness, irregular astigmatism, and light sensitivity leading to poor quality-of-life. Usu ...

, 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

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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

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. These results give her the almost certainty of being able to represent Italy at the

in Tokyo. She is the daughter of the

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former

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wrestler

Katarzyna Juszczak Katarzyna Juszczak married Schillaci (born 4 March 1972 in Wrocław) is a retired amateur Polish-born Italian judoka and freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She achieved top eight finishes in the 72-kg division ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Carolina 1994 births Living people Italian female judoka Paralympic judoka for Italy Sportspeople from Messina Judoka at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Paralympic medalists in judo 21st-century Italian sportswomen

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