Corina Căprioriu

Corina Căprioriu
Personal information
Full name Corina Oana Căprioriu
Nationality Romanian
Born (1986-07-18) 18 July 1986
Lugoj, Romania
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
Country  Romania
Sport Judo
Club CSM Cluj-Napoca
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London–57 kg
World Championships
2015 Astana–57 kg
2011 Paris–57 kg
European Championships
2010 Vienna–57 kg
2011 Istanbul–57 kg

Corina Căprioriu (Romanian pronunciation: [koˈrina kəpriˈorju]; born 18 July 1986) is a Romanian judoka.[1]

Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lost in the final against Japan’s Kaori Matsumoto after being disqualified (hansoku) during the golden score period in the women’s -57 kg weight class.[2]

She also won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2011 World Judo Championships. Caprioriu was European Champion in 2010 and bronze in 2011. She booked multiple World cup titles since 2010.

She managed to qualify in the final at the 2015 World Judo Championships where she met her opponent from the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kaori Matsumoto. She lost after the Japanese scored a waza-ari. She is the current World No.1 at the Women's -57 kg category.

References

  1. ↑ "Corina Căprioriu Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Olympic judo: Japan's Kaori Matsumoto takes -57kg judo gold". BBC. 30 July 2012.


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