Alessandra Mangiacapra (born 10 July 1999) is an Italian

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

ka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61kg event at the

2023 European Games The 3rd European Games ( pl, III Igrzyska Europejskie, Igrzyska Europejskie 2023), informally known as Kraków-Małopolska 2023, is a scheduled international sporting event to be held in Kraków and Małopolska, Poland in 2023. All Olympic sports h ...

held in Poland. She also won one of the bronze medals in the her event at the

2022 Mediterranean Games The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran ...

held in Oran, Algeria.

Career

Mangiacapra won the silver medal in her event at the 2019

World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships The World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships, also knows as World Karate Championship Junior are the highest level of competition for karate for U21 athletes organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). Initiated in 1996 held in Johan ...

held in Santiago, Chile. She lost against Gwendoline Philippe of France in the final. In 2021, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. A few months later, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mangiacapra also competed in the women's 61kg event where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by

Ingrida Suchánková Ingrida Suchánková (born 8 February 1993) is a Slovak karateka. At the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61kg event. She is also a two-time gold medalist and three-tim ...

of Slovakia. Mangiacapra competed in the women's 61kg event at the

2022 European Karate Championships The 2022 European Karate Championships was the 57th edition of the European Karate Championships and 4th European Para Karate Championships, held in Gaziantep, Turkey from 25 to 29 May 2022. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participating na ...

held in Gaziantep, Turkey where she was eliminated in her first match. A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the

held in Oran, Algeria. In 2023, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She also competed in the women's kumite 61kg event. A few months later, Mangiacapra won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61kg event at the

held in Poland. She finished in second place in her pool and she then lost in the semifinals against eventual gold medalist Reem Khamis of Germany. In the same year, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangiacapra, Alessandra Living people 1999 births Italian female karateka Karateka at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in karate European Games bronze medalists for Italy Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in karate 21st-century Italian sportswomen