Silvia Semeraro (born 2 May 1996) is an Italian

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ka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the

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held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro also won the gold medal in the same event at the

2019 European Games The 2nd European Games 2019 ( be, II Еўрапейскія гульні, ''Jeŭrapiejskija huĺni 2019''; russian: II Европейские игры, ''Yevropeyskiye igry 2019''), informally known as Minsk 2019, was held in Minsk, Belarus, from 2 ...

held in Minsk, Belarus. She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the

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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Semeraro represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +61 kg event.

Career

At the

2018 European Karate Championships The 2018 European Karate Championships were the 53rd edition of the European Karate Championships, and were held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 10 to 13 May 2018. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 532 athletes from 52 n ...

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 68 kg event. A month later, Semeraro won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

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, Japan. At the Olympics, she finished in third place in her pool during the pool stage in the women's +61 kg event and she did not advance to compete in the semifinals. In October 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In November 2021, Semeraro won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the

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held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event. Semeraro competed in the women's 68 kg 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 nat ...

held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg 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 lost against

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 Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +61 kg, women's +61 ...

of Egypt. She won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the

held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro won one of the bronze medals 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 P ...

held in Guadalajara, Spain. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Semeraro, Silvia Living people 1996 births Sportspeople from Taranto Italian female karateka Karateka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in karate European Games gold medalists for Italy Karateka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic karateka for Italy Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games gold medalists World Games medalists in karate 21st-century Italian women