Kayra Almira Özdemir (; born Ketty Mathé on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female

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competing in the +78 kg division. Coming from

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in Brittany, she competed for France until her marriage in Turkey in February 2015. She then changed her name from Ketty Mathé to Kayra Sayit, and began to compete for Turkey after acquiring the Turkish citizenship. Özdemir was a finalist in the 2011 Prague World Cup, and was selected along with fellow Breton

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for the

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, competing on 27 August in Paris-Bercy. In 2016, Özdemir won the gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix, and at the

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, Russia. In 2021, Özdemir won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. She took the gold medal at the 2021 European Championships in

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, Portugal. She competed in the women's +78 kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Özdemir won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the

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held in Oran, Algeria.

Achievements

. Medal winner in senior tournaments only.

References

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