Jovana Preković ( sr-Cyrl, Јована Прековић; born 20 January 1996) is a Serbian former

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 competing in

kumite Kumite ( ja, 組手, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a partic ...

-61 kg division. She is a two-time world champion in the women's kumite 61 kg event (2018 and 2021) and the 2020 Olympic champion, in karate's lone appearance in Olympic Games program. She defeated

Yin Xiaoyan Yin Xiaoyan (尹笑言, born 28 August 1993) is a Chinese karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, she won the silver med ...

of China in the women's 61 kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan.

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* * * * * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Aranđelovac Serbian female karateka European Games competitors for Serbia European champions for Serbia Karateka at the 2019 European Games Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic karateka for Serbia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in karate Olympic gold medalists for Serbia 21st-century Serbian women 21st-century Serbian people {{Serbia-karate-bio-stub