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Nationality | Greece | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40) Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||
Event | +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. 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. She lost the first preliminary match by a defensive kick from Brazil's Natália Falavigna, with a score of 1–3.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kyriaki Kouvari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
External links
- Kyriaki Kouvari at TaekwondoData.com
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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