Kyriaki Kouvari (Greek: Κυριακή Κούβαρη; born January 19, 1984, in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo practitioner.[1] She won the bronze medal for the heavyweight category at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1984 Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | +67 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Keratsini | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kouvari competed for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after defeating Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson for the gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[2] She lost the first preliminary match by a defensive kick from Brazil's Natália Falavigna, with a score of 1–3.[3]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kyriaki Kouvari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
External links
edit- Kyriaki Kouvari at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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