Kyriaki Kydonaki

Kyriaki Kydonaki
Personal information
Born (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)
Sport
CountryGreece
SportKarate
Weight class+68 kg
EventKumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Greece
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Gaziantep Kumite +68 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Kumite +68 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Kumite +68 kg

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

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

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
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

  1. ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2022 European Karate Championships Results Book". ucarecdn.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Houston, Michael (27 June 2022). "Karate victories give Egypt first gold medals of Mediterranean Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Two golds for Egypt on final day of Karate at Mediterranean Games". World Karate Federation. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ a b "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.