Elena Quirici

Elena Quirici (born 16 February 1994) is a Swiss karateka. She is scheduled to represent Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[1][2]

Elena Quirici
Personal information
Born (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportKarate
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
2012 Paris Kumite 61 kg
European Championships
2016 Montpellier Kumite 68 kg
2018 Novi Sad Kumite 68 kg
2018 Novi Sad Team kumite
2015 Istanbul Kumite 68 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk Kumite 68 kg

Career

In 2017, she competed in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[3] She lost all her matches in the elimination rounds and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[3]

At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia she won the gold medal in the team kumite event and also the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.[4]

In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5] Four years earlier she lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

References
  1. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. "2018 European Karate Championships" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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