Английская Википедия:Anna Korakaki

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson Anna Korakaki (Шаблон:Lang-el; born 8 April 1996) is a Greek Olympic shooter.[1]

Career

She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol shot event and a Bronze medal in the 10m air pistol shooting event. The Gold medal she won for Greece was following a hiatus since the last Gold medal won for Greece, at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her Olympic distinctions include: she was the first Greek woman in her maiden appearance at an Olympics (then aged 20 years) to be a multi-Olympic medalist for Greece at the same Olympiad, a fete last achieved by a Greek Olympic athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics with Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.[2] In the 25m fire pistol event, Korakaki of Greece and Monika Karsch of Germany would vie for Gold medalist, each holding a tie or the lead with each succeeding round, and Korakaki would defeat Karsch after [3] She won three rounds thus getting a lead of 6–0, then the Germany rival won the next three rounds and thus bringing it to a 6–6 tie. In the last round, Germany missed 1st and 3rd shots of the 5 shots, and Korakaki had missed her 4th shot, but she hit her 5th shot and won 8–6, taking the gold and avoiding a tie.[4]

Korakaki has competed since 2009. She is with the Orion Shooting Club of Thessaloniki [5] and she is coached by her father and retired shooter Tassos Korakakis.[6] She is an undergraduate student in Special Education at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.[7]

On 12 March 2020, she became the first woman to be the originating Olympic athlete torchbearer of an Olympic torch relay.[8]

International results

Korakaki has been a member of the Greece national shooting team since 2010.[6] Distinguished results include:[7]

Records

Current world records held in 10 meter air pistol
Women

Шаблон:Shooting WR AP60 Women Qualification

Personal life

After the Olympics, Anna Korakaki got a tattoo of the Olympic rings and the year on her right hand to remember her Rio achievements.[14]

References

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External links

Шаблон:Olympic Champions Shooting SP