Katarzyna Juszczak married Schillaci (born 4 March 1972 in

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) is a retired amateur

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-born

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ka and

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, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She achieved top eight finishes in the 72-kg division at the

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(2002 and 2005), and also participated in two editions of the Olympic Games (1992 and 2004) under different banners. She is the mather of the Italian

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Champion Carolina Costa.

Biography

Starting her sporting career as a judoka for AZS-AWF Wrocław, Juszczak made her official debut at the

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, where she competed in the women's 72 kg division. She ousted Ecuador's María Cangá in her opening match, before losing out to eventual Olympic champion Kim Mi-jung of South Korea by a powerful

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within ten seconds. Twelve years after her last Olympics, Juszczak qualified for her fresh Italian squad in the women's 72 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. Earlier in the process, she finished second from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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to guarantee her place on the Italian wrestling team. She lost two straight matches each to eventual Olympic champion

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of China (0–5) and Canada's

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(2–5), that left her on the bottom of the prelim pool, placing eleventh in the final standings.

Personal life

When Juszczak emigrated to

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in 1999, she turned her sights to women's wrestling, and later trained full-time for Messina Wrestling Club ( it, Club Lotta Messina) under her personal coach Francesco Costa. In 2005, after the death of her husband, she remained to live and work in the sporting environment in the city of Messina, later she married the former Italian Olympic

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, and together they trained their daughter Carolina Costa, who in 2019 is qualified in the judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Achievements

References

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Profile – International Wrestling Database
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juszczak, Katarzyna 1972 births Living people Polish female judoka Italian female sport wrestlers Olympic judoka of Poland Olympic wrestlers of Italy Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Wrocław Sportspeople from Messina Italian female judoka

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