Giana Farouk

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.

Giana Farouk
Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportKarate
Weight class61 kg
Event(s)Kumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Kumite 61 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Kumite 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2016 Linz Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Linz Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Team kumite
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Kumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang Kumite 61 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Kumite 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Kumite 61 kg

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
YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
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
  1. Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  9. "2019 African Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  10. "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  12. Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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