Giana Farouk

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Giana Farouk
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Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)
Sport
Country Egypt
Sport Karate
Weight class 61 kg
Event(s) Kumite

Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy (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

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 at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
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
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

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