Kyriaki Kydonaki (born 7 February 2001) is a Greek

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ka. She is a gold medalist at the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fir ...

and a bronze medalist at the

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and the European Games.

Career

Kydonaki competed in the girls' +59kg event at the

2018 Summer Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was eliminated in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals. In 2022, Kydonaki won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68kg event at the

held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She defeated

Lucija Lesjak Lucija Lesjak (born 30 November 1999) is a Croatian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the 2021 World Karate Championships – Women's +68 kg, women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emira ...

of Croatia in her bronze medal match. A month later, she won the gold medal in the women's +68kg 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. In the final, she defeated Milena Jovanović of Montenegro. Kydonaki competed in the women's +68kg event at the

2023 European Karate Championships The 2023 European Karate Championships was the 58th edition of the European Karate Championships and 5th European Para Karate Championships and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 22 to 26 March 2023. Medal table Medalists Men Women Pa ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68kg 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. In the same year, she competed in the women's +68kg event at the

World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The competition is held in a different city every two years. Championshi ...

held in Budapest, Hungary. She won her first match and she was then eliminated by eventual bronze medalist Clio Ferracuti of Italy.

Achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kydonaki, Kyriaki Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) Greek female karateka Karateka at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in karate Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece European Games medalists in karate European Games bronze medalists for Greece Karateka at the 2023 European Games 21st-century Greek women