Giana Farouk
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Native name | جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 December 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy (Egyptian Arabic: جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي; born 10 December 1994) is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships.[3] She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.
Career
[edit]She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.[4][5]
In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[6] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[7][8]
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[9] She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event.[10]
She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[11][12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event.[1][2]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2013 | Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | Kumite 61 kg | |
2014 | World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
1st | Team kumite | |||
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
3rd | Team kumite | |||
2016 | World Championships | Linz, Austria | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
3rd | Team kumite | |||
2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg | |
3rd | Team kumite | |||
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2021 | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Morgan, Liam (13 August 2016). "Agier lays down marker with victory over rival Buchinger at World University Karate Championship". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "2016 World University Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "2019 African Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
External links
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- Giana Lotfy – World Karate Federation ranking
- Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy at KarateRec.com
- Giana Lotfy at Olympedia
- Giana Lotfy at Olympics.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Egyptian female karateka
- African Games medalists in karate
- African Games gold medalists for Egypt
- African Games bronze medalists for Egypt
- Competitors at the 2015 African Games
- Competitors at the 2019 African Games
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Karateka at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in karate
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in karate
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic karateka for Egypt
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in karate
- Olympic bronze medalists for Egypt
- 21st-century Egyptian sportswomen
- 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Egypt