Anna Korakaki
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 27)
Drama, Greece
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryGreece
SportShooting
EventAir pistol
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 25m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m air pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 25m standard pistol
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 25 m pistol
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 25 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku 10 m air pistol mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 10 m air pistol
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osijek 10m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Wrocław 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallinn 10m air pistol
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 10m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 10m air pistol

Anna Korakaki (Greek: Άννα Κορακάκη; 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 Qualification 591  Jiang Ranxin (CHN) Oct 15, 2022 Cairo (EGY) edit

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.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Anna Korakaki". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες: Άννα Κορακάκη, η πρώτη μετά τον θρυλικό Τσικλιτήρα". www.newsit.gr. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio 2016 25m pistol (30+30 shots) women – Olympic Shooting". International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Korakaki fends off Karsch for 25m pistol gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Η Αννα Κορακάκη βραβεύεται στη γιορτή του ΠΣΑΤ". www.draminaspor.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Ρίο 2016: Ποια είναι η 20χρονη Ολυμπιονίκης Άννα Κορακάκη". cnn.gr. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b International Shooting Sport Federation. "Portrait of the Athlete". Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Anna Korakaki chosen to be the first torchbearer of the Tokyo 2020 Torch relay - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Tiro a segno, Finali Coppa del Mondo Bologna 2016: la greca Anna Korakaki regina della pistola 25m". OA (in Italian). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. ^ de Villiers, Ockert (10 March 2023). "2023 European Championships 10m: Damir Mikec and Anna Korakaki strike air pistol gold". Olympics.com.
  11. ^ ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol - Baku 2023 - RESULTS, 10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN, FINAL
  12. ^ "First ISSF World Cup title for Korea's Lim in Cairo as he earns dramatic men's 10m air pistol win over veteran Donkov, while Korakaki bags seventh gold in women's version". ISSF. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Εκανε τατουάζ για να θυμάται το χρυσό μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες η Κορακάκη [εικόνα] | Ελεύθερος Τύπος". Ελεύθερος Τύπος (in Greek). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

External links

Olympic Champions in Women's 25 metre pistol
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