Hedvig Karakas (born 21 February 1990) is a Hungarian judoka. She is a World Championship bronze medalist, and multi-time European medalist (silver in 2015, and bronze in 2009 and 2010). She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the

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and 2016 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2009, she won bronze at the

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, and the gold medal at the World Junior Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she beat

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by uchi-mata, then beat future Olympic gold medalist

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, before losing to

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. Because Căprioriu reached the final, Karakas was entered into the repechage. There she beat

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but lost her bronze medal match to Automne Pavia. At the 2016 Olympics, Karakas beat Rushana Nurjavova and Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard before losing to Rafaela Silva. As Silva reached the final, Karakas was entered into the repechage, where she lost to Lien Chen-ling.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karakas, Hedvig 1990 births Living people Hungarian female judoka Olympic judoka of Hungary Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Szolnok European Games silver medalists for Hungary European Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County