Cátia Azevedo

{{Short description|Portuguese sprinter (born 1994)}}

{{Portuguese name|Silva|Azevedo}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Cátia Azevedo

| full_name = Cátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo

| image = 10902 Cátia Azevedo.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Cátia Azevedo in 2015

| nationality =

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal

| height = 1.70 m[https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n172906-azevedo-catia.htm 2017 Universiade bio]

| weight = 53 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres

| education = Nursing School of Lisbon

| club = Sporting CP

| coach =

| pb = {{ubl

|400 m: 50.59 s (2021, {{AthAbbr|NR|Portuguese}})

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |Women's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{POR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Oran|400 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Ibero-American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Trujillo|400 m}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Trujillo|4x400 m}}

}}

Cátia Isabel da Silva Azevedo (born 9 March 1994) is a Portuguese record-breaking sprinter specialising in the 400 metres, who competes for Portugal and Sporting CP.{{World Athletics}}{{Cite web |last=Renascença |date=2024-01-27 |title=Cátia Azevedo bate recorde nacional dos 400 metros - Renascença |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/bola-branca/noticia/modalidades/2024/01/27/catia-azevedo-bate-recorde-nacional-dos-400-metros/364401/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}} She won two gold medals at the 2018 Ibero-American Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 50.59 seconds outdoors (Huelva 2021) and 53.10 seconds indoors (Madrid 2020). The first is the current national record.

Azevedo is also a nurse by training.{{Cite web |title=Cátia Azevedo: «Enfermagem mudou-me como atleta» |url=https://www.record.pt/fazemos-campeoes/detalhe/catia-azevedo-enfermagem-mudou-me-como-atleta |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=www.record.pt |language=pt-PT}}