Telma Monteiro

OM
Telma Monteiro

Personal information
Full name	Telma Alexandra Pinto Monteiro
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1985-12-27) 27 December 1985 Almada, Portugal
Residence	Almada, Portugal
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	Portugal
Sport	Judo
Club	Benfica
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st –52 kg (2006) 1st –57 kg (2015)
Medal record Telma Monteiro Medal record Competitor for  Portugal Women's Judo World Championships Silver 2007 Rio de Janeiro –52 kg Silver 2009 Rotterdam –57 kg Silver 2010 Tokyo –57 kg Silver 2014 Chelyabinsk –57 kg Bronze 2005 Cairo –52 kg European Championships Gold 2006 Tampere –52 kg Gold 2007 Belgrade –52 kg Gold 2009 Tbilisi –57 kg Gold 2012 Chelyabinsk –57 kg Silver 2011 Istanbul –57 kg Bronze 2004 Bucharest –52 kg Bronze 2005 Rotterdam –52 kg Bronze 2010 Vienna –57 kg Bronze 2013 Budapest –57 kg Bronze 2014 Montpellier –57 kg

Telma Alexandra Pinto Monteiro, OM (born 27 December 1985 in Almada), is a Portuguese judoka who is a multiple medal winner in both World and European Championships.

At club level she represented Construções Norte/Sul until 2007, when she joined S.L. Benfica.^[1]

Achievements

–57 kg

2014

• Silver — World Championships
• Gold — Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi)^[2]
• Silver — Grand Slam (Tokyo)^[3]

2013

• Bronze — European Championships (Budapest)
• Gold — European Open (Sofia)

2012

• 17th — Olympic Games
• Gold — European Championships
• Gold — Grand Slam (Paris)
• Silver — Masters (Almaty)

2011

• Silver — European Championships
• Gold — European Cup (Hamburg)
• Bronze — World Cup (Lisbon)
• Bronze — Grand Slam (Paris)
• Bronze — Grand Prix (Abu Dhabi)
• Gold — Masters (Baku)

2010

• Silver — World Championships
• Bronze — European Championships
• Gold — World Cup (Sofia)
• Silver — Grand Prix (Düsseldorf)
• Silver — Grand Slam (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bronze — Grand Slam (Moscow)

2009

• Gold — European Championships
• Silver — World Championships
• Gold — World Cup (Lisbon)
• Gold — World Cup (Sofia)
• Gold — Grand Prix (Hamburg)
• Gold — Grand Slam (Rio de Janeiro)
• Bronze — Grand Slam (Moscow)

–52 kg

2008

• 9th — Olympic Games
• Gold — Portuguese Cup by teams
• Gold — World Cup (Bucharest) A category
• Bronze — World Cup (Paris) Super A category

2007

• Silver — World Championships
• Gold — European Championships
• Gold — World Cup (Lisbon)
• Gold — World Cup (Denmark)
• Silver — Super A Tournament (Paris)
• Silver — Super A Tournament (Moscow)

2006

1st — World Ranking –52 kg

• Gold — European Championships
• Gold — World Cup (Lisbon)
• Silver — Fukuoka International Championships (Fukuoka)
• Gold — Super A Tournament (Moscow)
• Gold — Under-23 European Championships (Moscow)

2005

• Bronze — World Championships
• Bronze — European Championships
• Gold — World Cup (Madrid)
• Bronze — World Cup (Tampere)
• Silver — Under-23 European Championships (Kiev)
• Gold — Kiyoshi Kobayashi International Championship
• Gold — World Cup (Bucharest)

2004

2nd — European Ranking –52 kg

• 12th — Olympic Games
• Silver — Juniors World Championship (Budapest)
• Gold — Junior European Championship (Sofia)
• Gold — European Open (Germany)
• Gold — World Cup (Leonding)
• Gold — World Cup (Rome)
• Bronze — World Cup (Tallinn)
• Bronze — World Cup (Warsaw)

2003

• Gold — Portuguese Championship
• Bronze — Juniors European Championships (Sarajevo)
• Gold — Juniors A Championship (Sweden)
• Gold — Juniors A Championship (Hungary)
• Gold — Juniors A Championship (Portugal)
• Bronze — Juniors A Championship (Czech Republic)

2002

• 9th — Juniors European Championship
• Gold — Juniors Portuguese Championship
• Silver — Portugal Juniors A Tournament

2001

• Silver — Esperanças Portuguese Championship

Orders

• Officer of the Order of Merit^[4]

References

Awards
Preceded by Michelle Larcher de Brito Sara Moreira	Portuguese Sportswoman of the Year 2010, 2011 2014	Succeeded by Jéssica Augusto Incumbent
Olympic Games
Preceded by Nelson Évora	Flagbearer for  Portugal London 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent