Kyriaki Kouvari
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Thessaloniki, Greece | 19 January 1984|||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | +67 kg | |||||||||||||
Club | Keratsini | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyriaki Kouvari (Greek: Κυριακή Κούβαρη; born January 19, 1984 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo practitioner.[1] She won the bronze medal for the heavyweight category at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Kouvari competed for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after defeating Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson for the gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[2] She lost the first preliminary match by a defensive kick from Brazil's Natália Falavigna, with a score of 1–3.[3]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Kyriaki Kouvari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
External links
- Kyriaki Kouvari at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC Olympics Profile
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