Kayra Özdemir

Kayra Özdemir
(formerly Kayra Sayit)
Personal information
Birth nameKetty Mathé
Full nameKayra Almira Özdemir
NationalityFrench
Turkish
Born (1988-02-13) 13 February 1988 (age 36)
Fort-de-France, Martinique
OccupationJudoka
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
Country
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2016, 2020, 2024)
World Champ.Silver (2024)
European Champ.Gold (2016, 2021)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Baku +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo +78 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Kazan +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lisbon +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zagreb +78 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Tel Aviv +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Antalya +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Budapest +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Antalya +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marrakesh +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Perth +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Zagreb +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2016 Almaty +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv +78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran +78 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya +78 kg
Representing  France
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Warsaw Open
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2011 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Santo Domingo +78 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Tallinn +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Prague +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF19203, 4142
JudoInside.com33102
Updated on 3 August 2024

Kayra Almira Özdemir[1][2] (née Kayra Sayit;[3] born Ketty Mathé[4] on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division.[5]

Coming from Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron in Brittany, she competed for France until her marriage in Turkey in February 2015. She then changed her name from Ketty Mathé to Kayra Sayit, and began to compete for Turkey after acquiring the Turkish citizenship.[6][7]

Özdemir was a finalist in the 2011 Prague World Cup,[8] and was selected along with fellow Breton Laëtitia Payet for the World Championships, competing on 27 August in Paris-Bercy.[9]

In 2016, Özdemir won the gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix,[10] and at the European Championships in Kazan, Russia.[11]

In 2021, Özdemir won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[12][13] She took the gold medal at the 2021 European Championships in Lisbon, Portugal.[14] She competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[15]

Özdemir won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[16]

Achievements

As of 23 May 2024.[7]

Medal winner in senior tournaments only.

Year Tournament Place Weight class
Competitor for  France
2007 European Open Championships 3rd Open class
European Team Championships Minsk 3rd +78 kg team
World Cup Vienna 3rd +78 kg
2008 Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris 3rd +78 kg
World Cup Warsaw 3rd +78 kg
World Cup Rome 1st +78 kg
Super World Cup Moscow 1st +78 kg
2011 Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 2nd +78 kg
World Cup Prague 2nd +78 kg
World Cup Rome 1st +78 kg
2012 European Team Championships Chelyabinsk 2nd +70 kg team
World Cup Budapest 3rd +78 kg
2014 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon 1st +78 kg
Swiss Judo Open Uster 1st +78 kg
European Cup London 1st +78 kg
Competitor for  Turkey
2015 Grand Prix Budapest 1st +78 kg
Grand Prix Tashkent 3rd +78 kg
2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi 1st +78 kg
European Championships 1st +78 kg
2018 World Championships 3rd +78 kg
2019 World Championships 3rd +78 kg
2021 European Championships 1st +78 kg
2024 European Championships 3rd +78 kg
World Championships 2nd +78 kg

References

  1. ^ "Judoka KAYRA ALMİRA ÖZDEMİR". judo.org.tr (in Turkish). Türkiye Judo Federasyonu. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Kayra Özdemir - Olimpedya". olimpedya.olimpiyat.org.tr. Turkish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Kayra Sayit". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Ketty Mathe". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Kayra Ozdemir". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Ketty Mathé à cœur ouvert". Le Parisien (in French). 5 February 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Kayra Sayit – Judoka". Jıdo Inside. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Coupe du monde. Ketty Mathé finaliste à Prague! – L'ex-Briochine Ketty Mathé a retrouvé tout son judo pour décrocher l'argent à Prague lors d'une Coupe du monde. Seulement battue par la Chinoise Qin". Le Télégramme (in French). 27 February 2011.
  9. ^ "Mondiaux 2011 à Paris-Bercy. Mathé et Payet sélectionnées". Le Télégramme (in French). 6 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Kayra Sayit Grand Prix Şampiyonu." (in Turkish). İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi por Kulübü. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Kayra Sayit Avrupa Şampiyonu, Belkıs Kaya Avrupa Üçüncüsü" (in Turkish). stanbul Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor Müdürlüğü. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  12. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Kayra Sayit Avrupa Şampiyonu oldu". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 18 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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