| Women's kumite 61 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 6 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of karateka Qualification | ||
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| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| +75 kg | +61 kg | |
The women's kumite 61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. [1]
The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B. The athlete that finished first in Pool A faced the athlete that finished second in Pool B in the semifinals, and vice versa. There were no bronze medal matches in the kumite events. Losers of the semifinals each received a bronze medal. [2]
All times are in local time (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday, 6 August 2021 | 12:28 20:05 20:40 21:00 | Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony |
| Pos | Athlete | B | W | D | L | Pts | Score |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yin Xiaoyan (CHN) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  Merve Çoban (TUR) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 12–6 | 2–2 | — | 6–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | |
| 3 |  Claudymar Garcés (VEN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 18–13 | 0–2 | 2–6 | — | 8–5 | 8–0 | |
| 4 |  Mayumi Someya (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 13–19 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–3 | |
| 5 |  Leïla Heurtault (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 5–15 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–8 | 3–6 | — |
| Pos | Athlete | B | W | D | L | Pts | Score |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jovana Preković (SRB) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11–6 | — | 1–1 | 6–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Giana Farouk (EGY) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| 3 |  Anita Serogina (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12–10 | 4–6 | 1–2 | — | 6–1 | 1–1 | |
| 4 |  Alexandra Grande (PER) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4–10 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–6 | — | 3–1 | |
| 5 |  Btissam Sadini (MAR) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3–12 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — |
| Semifinals | Gold medal | |||||
A1 Yin Xiaoyan (CHN) | 1 | |||||
B2 Giana Farouk (EGY) | 1 | |||||
A1 Yin Xiaoyan (CHN) | 0 | |||||
B1 Jovana Preković (SRB) | 0 | |||||
B1 Jovana Preković (SRB) | 2 | |||||
A2 Merve Çoban (TUR) | 0 | |||||
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The men's kumite 67 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The men's kumite 75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The men's kumite +75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The women's kumite 55 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The women's kumite +61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
Claudymar Antonia Garcés Sequera is a Venezuelan karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
Elena Quirici is a Swiss karateka. She is a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships and a seven-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Karate Championships.
Merve Çoban is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the European Karate Championships.
Silvia Semeraro is an Italian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Darkhan Assadilov is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.
Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.
Kalvis Kalniņš is a karateka from Latvia. He is a five-time medalist at the European Karate Championships; he won one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals there. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Leïla Heurtault is a French karateka. She is a three-time medalist, including two golds, in the women's team kumite event at the World Karate Championships.
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