Anna Korakaki
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Greek |
| Born |
8 April 1996 Drama, Greece |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Greece |
| Sport | Shooting |
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Anna Korakaki (Greek: Άννα Κορακάκη, born 8 April 1996 in Drama, Greece)[1] is a Greek shooter. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol and a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol. At the age of 20 and in just her maiden Olympic campaign, she became the first Greek woman to win two Olympic medals in the same competition and the first Greek athlete in general since 1912.[2]
Korakaki has competed since 2009. She is with the Orion Shooting Club of Thessaloniki [3] and she is coached by her father and retired shooter Tassos Korakakis.[4] She is an undergraduate student in Special Education at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.[5]
International Results
Korakaki has been a member of the Greek national team since 2010.[4] Distinguished results include:[5]
- Gold and bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
- Gold and silver medal at the 2016 World Cup in Bologna.
- Gold and silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Suhl.
- Gold medal at the 2014 European Junior Championship in Moscow.
- Two silver medals at the 2016 World Cup in Baku.
- Silver medal at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
- Silver medal at the 2015 World Cup Final in Munich.
- Silver medal at the 2011 European Junior Championship in Belgrade.
- Bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup in Fort Benning.
- Bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championship in Granada.
References
- ↑ "Anna Korakaki". Rio 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ↑ "Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες: Άννα Κορακάκη, η πρώτη μετά τον θρυλικό Τσικλιτήρα". www.newsit.gr. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ "Η Αννα Κορακάκη βραβεύεται στη γιορτή του ΠΣΑΤ". www.draminaspor.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Ρίο 2016: Ποια είναι η 20χρονη Ολυμπιονίκης Άννα Κορακάκη". cnn.gr. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 1 2 International Shooting Sport Federation. "Portrait of the Athlete". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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