Croatian judoka (born 2002)
Katarina Krišto (born 20 March 2002) is a Croatian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
She won the 2021 European Junior Judo Championships in 2021, and won bronze at the European Open in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2023.[2] She won bronze at the 2021 World Judo Juniors Championships in May 2023, in Italy.[3] That year, she triumphed at the Grand Prix in Dushanbe in 2023.[4]
She won a silver at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Paris in 2024.[5] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya.[6] She then won gold at 2024 Judo Grand Slam Astana.[7]
She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's 63 kg.[8] She defeated Miku Takaichi on the way to reaching the semi final.[9] She was initially awarded the win in her bronze medal match against Laura Fazliu but her winning waza-ari score was overturned by the judges for a gripping infringement and a third shido gave the result in favour of Fazliu.[10]
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