In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Monteiro.
(
(
(
Telma Alexandra Pinto Monteiro ComM (born 27 December 1985) is a Portuguese retired judoka who has won multiple medals in international competitions, such as the European and World Championships. She is a two-time winner of the Paris Grand Slam, in 2012 and 2015.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Monteiro won an Olympic medal after taking the bronze in the women's –57 kg event. She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where she finished 9th place.
Born in Lisbon, Monteiro represented Construções Norte/Sul until 2007, when she joined S.L. Benfica.
Achievements
–57 kg
2019
- Bronze – Masters Abu Dhabi
- Bronze – European Games / European Championships (Minsk)
2018
- Gold – Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
2017
- Gold – European Open (Minsk)
2016
- Bronze – Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro)
- Bronze – Grand Prix (Budapest)
2015
- Gold – European Championships
- Gold – Grand Slam Paris
2014
- Silver – World Championships
- Gold – Grand Slam (Abu Dhabi)
- Silver – Grand Slam Tokyo
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 (Kyiv)
- 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
Commander of the Order of Merit
References
- Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
- "Telma Alexandre Pinto Monteiro".
- ^ Crowley, Jo (14 December 2024). "The Monteiro Era". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- "Telma Monteiro". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Telma Monteiro vence Grand Slam de Paris". Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- "A primeira para Portugal. Telma Monteiro conquista medalha de bronze" [The first for Portugal. Telma Monteiro wins bronze medal]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 8 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "KIM JIN A MAKES HISTORY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Telma Monteiro conquista Ouro em Baku" [Telma Monteiro conquers Gold in Baku] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- RTP, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal -. "Telma Monteiro medalha de ouro em Paris - Judo - Desporto - RTP Notícias".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Judo: Telma Monteiro conquista Ouro no Grand Slam de Abu Dhabi". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- "Judo - Telma Monteiro conquista Medalha de Prata em Tóquio". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas" [Portuguese Honorary Orders] (in Portuguese). Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- "Telma Monteiro condecorada" [Telma Monteiro decorated]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
Further reading
- Monteiro, Telma (September 2016). Na Vida com Garra – Uma história inspiradora de superação e conquista [Living Life with Guts – An inspiring story of overcoming and conquest] (in Portuguese). Barcarena, Portugal: Manuscrito. ISBN 978-989-8818-55-3.
External links
- Telma Monteiro at the European Judo Union
- Telma Monteiro at the International Judo Federation
- Telma Monteiro at JudoInside.com
- Telma Monteiro at Olympics.com
- Telma Monteiro at Olympedia
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMichelle Larcher de Brito Sara Moreira |
Portuguese Sportswoman of the Year 2010, 2011 2014 |
Succeeded byJéssica Augusto Ana Filipa Martins |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded byNelson Évora | Flagbearer for  Portugal London 2012 |
Succeeded byJoão Rodrigues |
| European Judo Championships — Women's Lightweight | |
|---|---|
| 1974–97: –56 kg • 1998–present: –57 kg | |
|
| European Judo Championships — Women's Half Lightweight | |
|---|---|
| 1974–present: –52 kg | |
|
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lisbon
- Portuguese female judoka
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Portugal
- European Games medalists in judo
- European Games gold medalists for Portugal
- Judoka at the 2015 European Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Portugal
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- S.L. Benfica (martial arts)
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Portugal
- European Games silver medalists for Portugal
- Golden Globes (Portugal) winners
- 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen