Katarina Krišto (born 20 March 2002) is a Croatian

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. She competed at the

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where she reached the semi-final.

Career

Krišto is a member of the Dalmacijacement judo club in

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, within the town of

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, Croatia. She has been coached consistently from a young age by Josip Barić, with their partnership being over ten years long by the time of the 2024 Olympic Games. She won a gold medal at the

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in 2021 She won a bronze medal at the

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in Italy. In 2022, she had to overcome knee surgery but just two months later recorded a firth place at the World Junior Championships. Unfortunately, however, she suffered an elbow injury in the semi-finals of the championships, the rehabilitation from which took more than four months. In 2023, she triumphed at the 2023 Judo Grand Prix Dushanbe in

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, Tajikistan. She won a bronze medal at the European Open in

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in 2023. She had a fifth place finish at the 2024 European Judo Championships in the women's 63 kg category, in Zagreb. She won a silver at the

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in February 2024. She won a bronze medal at the

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. She then won gold at

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. She competed at the

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in the Women's 63 kg. She defeated

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on the way to reaching the semi-finals. She was initially awarded the win in her bronze medal match against Laura Fazliu but her winning

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score was overturned by the judges for a gripping infringement and a third shido gave the result in favour of Fazliu.

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