The Most Famous
WRESTLERS from Portugal
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Portuguese Wrestlers of all time. This list of famous Portuguese Wrestlers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Nuno Delgado (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 30.99, Nuno Delgado is the most famous Portuguese Wrestler. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Nuno Miguel Delgado ComIH (born 27 August 1976) is a former Portuguese judoka who became known for winning Portugal's first Olympic medal in judo – a bronze in the under-81 kg category at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. He was also senior European champion (Bratislava 1999).
2. Patrícia Sampaio (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 0.00, Patrícia Sampaio is the 2nd most famous Portuguese Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Patrícia Fernandes Sampaio (born 30 June 1999) is a Portuguese judoka. In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where she reached the Round of 16. In 2024, in the Paris Olympics, she won the bronze medal. She is the gold medallist of the 2019 Judo Perth Oceania Open in the -70 kg category. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. On 1 August 2024 she won the bronze medal in the –78 kg category at the Paris Olympics. The judoka had been eliminated in the semi-finals by the ranking leader in the category, Italy's Alice Bellandi—who would end up taking the gold in the competition. In the battle for the bronze, Patrícia defeated Japan's Takayama Rika with two waza-aris: the first at 1:10 ("O-soto-gaeshi") and the second, which would end up sealing her victory, at 3:05 ("Seoi-otoshi"). This was the first Portuguese medal of these Olympic Games.
3. Catarina Costa (b. 1996)
With an HPI of 0.00, Catarina Costa is the 3rd most famous Portuguese Wrestler. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Catarina Martins de Mesquita Paiva Costa (born 21 September 1996) is a Portuguese judoka. She is the gold medallist of the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Brasilia and represented Portugal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won a bronze medal in the women's under-48kg kilogram category.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Portuguese wrestlers born between 1976 and 1999. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Portuguese wrestlers include Nuno Delgado, Patrícia Sampaio, and Catarina Costa. As of April 2024, 2 new Portuguese wrestlers have been added to Pantheon including Patrícia Sampaio, and Catarina Costa.
Living Portuguese Wrestlers
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Nuno Delgado
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Patrícia Sampaio
1999 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Catarina Costa
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
