Kyriaki Kydonaki

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Kyriaki Kydonaki
Personal information
Born (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 24)
Sport
CountryGreece
Sport Karate
Weight class+68 kg
Event Kumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Kumite +68 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Yerevan Kumite +68 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Gaziantep Kumite +68 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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 the European Karate Championships. She is also a bronze medalist at the European Games.

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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]

Kydonaki won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2025 European Karate Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. [8] [9] She defeated Dariia Bulay of Ukraine in her gold medal match. [9]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2022 European Championships Gaziantep, Turkey3rd Kumite +68 kg
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria1st Kumite +68 kg
2023 European Games Kraków and Małopolska, Poland3rd Kumite +68 kg
2025 European Championships Yerevan, Armenia1st 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. 1 2 "2022 European Karate Championships Results Book". ucarecdn.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (14 May 2025). "Yerevan's European Karate spectacle". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  9. 1 2 "2025 European Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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