Kyriaki Kouvari

Kyriaki Kouvari
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event+67 kg
ClubKeratsini
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen +67 kg

Kyriaki Kouvari (Greek: Κυριακή Κούβαρη; born January 19, 1984, in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo practitioner.[1] She won the bronze medal for the heavyweight category at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Kouvari competed for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after defeating Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson for the gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[2] She lost the first preliminary match by a defensive kick from Brazil's Natália Falavigna, with a score of 1–3.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kyriaki Kouvari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2012.


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