Cátia Oliveira

{{Short description|Brazilian para table tennis player (born 1991)}}

{{Portuguese name|Silva|Oliveira}}

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| fullname = Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|6|12}}

| birth_place = Cerqueira César, Brazil

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| website = http://catiaoliveira.com.br/

| country = Brazil

| sport = Para table tennis

| event = Class 2

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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2020 Tokyo|Women's individual C1-2}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|Doubles WD5}}

{{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Toronto|Women's individual C1-2}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Lima|Women's individual C1-2}}

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|years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = Botucatu

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Cátia Cristina da Silva Oliveira (born 12 June 1991) is a Brazilian Para table tennis player and former footballer. Cátia won a gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games and was selected for the 2016 Paralympic Games in her home country.{{cite news |last1=Werlang |first1=Hector |title=O tempo de Cátia: como o tênis de mesa a levou ao sonho da seleção |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/paralimpiadas/noticia/2016/09/o-tempo-de-catia-como-o-tenis-de-mesa-levou-ao-sonho-da-selecao.html |accessdate=27 February 2019 |publisher=Rede Globo |date=9 September 2016 |language=Portuguese}} Cátia began playing table tennis in 2013 and developed quickly, winning a place on Brazil's national team in time for the 2015 Parapan American Games. In October 2018 she won a silver medal at the World Para Table Tennis Championships in Slovenia. She was bereaved by the untimely death of her father during the tournament.{{cite news |title=Cátia Oliveira é vice-campeã Mundial na Eslovênia |url=http://www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/tenisdemesa/100268-catia-oliveira-e-vice-campea-mundial-na-eslovenia/ |accessdate=27 February 2019 |publisher=Olimpíada Todo Dia |date=20 October 2018 |language=Portuguese}}

Botucatu Futebol Clube signed Cátia as a promising footballer when she was 14 years old. In October 2007, teammate Renata Costa was driving Cátia and Michele in her Opel Corsa when she crashed into another car at a level crossing. Michele and Renata suffered minor injuries, while Cátia, who was asleep in the back seat, suffered a spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia.{{cite news |last1=Agassi |first1=Gilmar |title=Após acidente, Renata está apta a jogar |url=https://www.folhadelondrina.com.br/esporte/apos-acidente-renata-esta-apta-a-jogar-620036.html |accessdate=4 January 2019 |publisher=Jornal Folha de Londrina |date=18 October 2007 |language=Portuguese}}{{cite news |last1=de Cássia Cornélio |first1=Rita |title=Acidente com jogadoras gera polêmica |url=https://www.jcnet.com.br/editorias_noticias.php?codigo=115732&ano=2007 |accessdate=4 January 2019 |publisher=Jornal da Cidade |date=20 October 2007 |language=Portuguese}} Costa was fined $576 for driving without a licence.{{cite news |title=Cátia: Jogadora que provocou acidente não possui habilitação |url=https://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,catia-jogadora-que-provocou-acidente-nao-possui-habilitacao,66950 |accessdate=4 January 2019 |publisher=O Estado de S. Paulo |date=18 October 2007 |language=Portuguese}} Cátia had been called up to the Brazil women's national under-17 football team on the day of the accident.{{cite news |title=Jogadora envolvida em acidente não tem habilitação |url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/0,,MUL152640-5605,00-JOGADORA+ENVOLVIDA+EM+ACIDENTE+NAO+TEM+HABILITACAO.html |accessdate=4 January 2019 |publisher=Rede Globo |date=18 October 2007 |language=Portuguese}}

In June 2021 she was one of the women as part of Brazil's table tennis team for the 2020 Paralympic Games which were delayed for a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The other athletes were Bruna Costa Alexandre (class 10), Danielle Rauen (in class 9) and Joyce Oliveira (in class 4).{{Cite web|title=Com time de sparrings de alto nível, Seleção paralímpica de tênis de mesa encerra semana de treinamentos em São Paulo - Surto Olímpico|url=https://www.surtoolimpico.com.br/2021/05/com-time-de-sparrings-de-alto-nivel.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=www.surtoolimpico.com.br}}