Kyriaki Kydonaki
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| Born | 7 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyriaki Kydonaki (born 7 February 2001)[1] is a Greek karateka. She is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and a bronze medalist at the European Karate Championships and the European Games.
Career
[edit]Kydonaki competed in the girls' +59 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was eliminated in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.
In 2022, Kydonaki won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.[2] She defeated Lucija Lesjak of Croatia in her bronze medal match.[2] A month later, she won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[3][4] In the final, she defeated Milena Jovanović of Montenegro.[3][5]
Kydonaki competed in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[6] In the same year, she competed in the women's +68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7] She won her first match and she was then eliminated by eventual bronze medalist Clio Ferracuti of Italy.[7]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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| 2022 | European Championships | Gaziantep, Turkey | 3rd | Kumite +68 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | Kumite +68 kg | |
| 2023 | European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 3rd | Kumite +68 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ a b "2022 European Karate Championships Results Book". ucarecdn.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b Houston, Michael (27 June 2022). "Karate victories give Egypt first gold medals of Mediterranean Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Two golds for Egypt on final day of Karate at Mediterranean Games". World Karate Federation. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ a b "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Greek female karateka
- Karateka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in karate
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece
- European Games medalists in karate
- European Games bronze medalists for Greece
- Karateka at the 2023 European Games
- 21st-century Greek sportswomen