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Karate At The 2022 Mediterranean Games – Women's 68 Kg
The women's 68 kg competition in karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 27 June at the Mohammed ben Ahmed CCO Hall 03 and 06 in Oran. Results Bracket Repechage References Karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, W68 2022 in women's karate {{DEFAULTSORT:Karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games - Women's 68 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feryal Abdelaziz
Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz (; born 16 February 1999) is an Egyptian karateka and the first female Egyptian to have won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal in the women's +61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Life She was born in 1999 and when she was seven she took up karate in Cairo. In her education she studied at The British University in Egypt and trained to become a pharmacist. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. She represented Egypt at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event. In June 2021, she qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Her first match was against the Chinese Gong Li which she won 4:0. Gong Li was to progress further and take a bronze medal. Abdelaziz's second match was with E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Gil (karateka)
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Marina Radičević
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Karima Mekkaoui
The name Karima (Arabic: كريمة) is an Arabic given name. In Arabic the meaning of the name Karima is "generous." Karima is the female form of the name Karim. It’s a popular name in the Arab countries. However, among the Agikuyu of central Kenya, "Karima" refers to a mountain that is small in stature. Given name * Karīma bint ʿAmmār, better known as Wuhsha al-dallala, an 11th-centry businesswoman * Karima Adebibe (born 1985), English-Moroccan actress and model * Karima Abd-Daif (born 1965), Moroccan Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Karima Brown (1967-2021), South African journalist * Karima Delli (born 1979), French politician * Karima Medjeded, French judoka * Karima Shapandar, Marvel comics hero Places *Karima, Sudan *Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivona Ćavar
Ivona Ćavar (born 19 October 1995 in Split, Croatia) is a leading women's Bosnian karate competitor. In June 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, she competed in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She also competed in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. Achievements ;2016: * World Championships – October, Linz, AUS – kumite -68 kg ;2018: * European Championships – May, Novi Sad, SER – kumite -68 kg Awards *Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsperson of the Year: 2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasiliki Panetsidou , feminine Greek and East Slavic form of Basil
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Oran
Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is west-southwest from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second-largest city in Algeria. Etymology The word ''Wahran'' comes from the Berber expression ''wa - iharan'' (place of lions). A locally popular legend tells that in the period around AD 900, there were sightings of Barbary lions in the area. The last two lions were killed on a mountain near Oran, and it became known as ''la montagne des lions'' ("The Mountain of Lions"). Two giant lion statues stand in front of Oran's city hall, symbolizing the city. History Overview During the Roman Empire, a small settlement called ''Unica Colonia'' existed in the area of the current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Semeraro
Silvia Semeraro (born 2 May 1996) is an Italian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68kg 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 68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Semeraro represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +61kg event. Career At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won the silver medal in the team kumite event and one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68kg event. A month later, Semeraro won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. In 2021, Semeraro qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mediterranean Games
The 2022 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Pescara, Italy, on 15 August 2015. They were supposed to take place in 2021, but they were delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 3,298 athletes (2,014 men and 1,284 women) took part in the games. Bidding process Five cities signed an official declaration of candidacy for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games, two from Africa and three from Europe: The final candidates were Oran and Sfax. Oran planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax planned to take the Games to Tunisia for the third time after the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 2001 Mediterranean Games, both in Tunis. Oran won by 51-17 after voting. Host city selection Citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts. While modern karate is primarily a striking art that uses punches and kicks, traditional karate training also employs Throw (grappling), throwing and joint locking techniques. A karate practitioner is called a . Beginning in the 1300s, early Chinese martial arts, Chinese martial artists brought their techniques to Okinawa. Despite the Ryukyu Kingdom being turned into a puppet state by Japanese samurai in 1609, after the Invasion of Ryukyu, its cultural ties to China remained strong. Since Ryukyuans were banned from carrying swords under samurai rule, groups of young aristocrats created unarmed combat methods as a form of resistance, combining Chinese and local styles of martial arts. Training emph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
