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Greek taekwondo practitioner
Kyriaki Kouvari
Personal information
Nationality Greece
Born (1984-01-19) 19 January 1984 (age 40)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event+67 kg
ClubKeratsini
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Women's taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Garmisch-Partenkirchen +67 kg

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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