[2][3] 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.

[5] She is the gold medallist of the 2019 Judo Perth Oceania Open in the -70 kg category.

[7] On 1 August 2024 she won the bronze medal in the ‍–‍78 kg category at the Paris Olympics.

[8][9] The judoka had been eliminated in the semi-finals[10] by the ranking leader in the category,[11] Italy's Alice Bellandi—who would end up taking the gold in the competition.

[12] 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").