Kyriaki Kouttouki (born 12 September 1996) is a Cypriot taekwondo practitioner. She won the silver medal in the women's 46 kg event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Kyriaki Kouttouki
Personal information
Born (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 27)
Sport
CountryCyprus
SportTaekwondo
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Cyprus
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 46 kg
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin 49 kg
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju 46 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples 49 kg

Career edit

Kouttouki represented Cyprus at the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 49 kg event. In 2013, she also competed in the women's finweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Puebla, Mexico. In this competition she was eliminated in her second match by Itzel Manjarrez of Mexico.

In 2015, Kouttouki competed in the women's finweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Chelyabinsk, Russia where she was eliminated in her third match by Iryna Romoldanova of Ukraine.[2] In the same year, she also competed in the women's 49 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan where she was eliminated in her first match by Ioanna Koutsou of Greece.[3]

In 2019, Kouttouki competed in the women's finweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[4] She was eliminated in her first match against Hung Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei.[5] In 2019, she also represented Cyprus at the Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's –49 kg event.[6]

In 2021, Kouttouki competed at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2022, she competed in the women's 49 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[7] She was eliminated in her first match.[7]

She competed at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

References edit

  1. ^ Winters, Max (22 August 2017). "Japan enjoy double swimming success on day three of Taipei 2017". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2015 World Taekwondo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's 49 kg" (PDF). 2015 European Games. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Perelman, Rich (14 May 2019). "TAEKWONDO Preview: 15 defending champions expected as World Championships start Thursday in Manchester". The Sports Examiner. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Women's 46 kg" (PDF). World Taekwondo. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

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