Cátia Oliveira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cátia Oliveira

Brazilian Para table tennis player and former footballer born 1991

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1991

Place of Birth: Cerqueira César, São Paulo, Brazil

Profession: association football player, table tennis player

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.
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.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.
Costa was fined $576 for driving without a licence.
Cátia had been called up to the Brazil women's national under-17 football team on the day of the accident.