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{{short description|Greek sport shooter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Anna Korakaki
|image = 
|nationality = Greek
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|8|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Drama, Greece]]
|height = 1.74 m
|weight = 64 kg
|country = Greece
|sport = [[Shooting sports|Shooting]]
|event = [[Air gun|Air pistol]]
|show-medals = yes
|medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Shooting sports|shooting]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GRE}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25m pistol]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10m air pistol]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 Changwon]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2022 Cairo]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2023 Baku]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Baku|25m standard pistol}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 European Games|2023 Kraków-Małopolska]]|[[Shooting at the 2023 European Games – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Shooting at the 2019 European Games – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|{{nowrap|[[Shooting at the 2015 European Games – Mixed 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol mixed team]]}}}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|[[Shooting at the 2019 European Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Shooting Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 10m European Shooting Championships|2019 Osijek]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2020 10m European Shooting Championships|2020 Wrocław]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 European 10 m Events Championships|2023 Tallinn]]|10m air pistol}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2018 Mediterranean Games|2018 Tarragona]]|[[Shooting at the 2018 Mediterranean Games|10m air pistol]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2022 Mediterranean Games|2022 Oran]]|10m air pistol}}
}}
'''Anna Korakaki''' ({{lang-el|Άννα Κορακάκη}}; born 8 April 1996) is a Greek Olympic [[Shooting sports|shooter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anna-korakaki |title=Anna Korakaki |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=7 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807145914/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anna-korakaki |archivedate= 7 August 2016 }}</ref>

==Career==
She represented Greece at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], winning a gold medal in the [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25m pistol shot]] event and a Bronze medal in the [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsit.gr/athlitika/Olympiakoi-Agones-Anna-Korakaki-i-proti-meta-ton-thryliko-Tsiklitira/641254|title=Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες: Άννα Κορακάκη, η πρώτη μετά τον θρυλικό Τσικλιτήρα|last=|first=|date= 9 August 2016|website=www.newsit.gr|publisher=|accessdate= 9 August 2016}}</ref> 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 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/shooting/25m-pistol-30-30-shots-women|title=Rio 2016 25m pistol (30+30 shots) women – Olympic Shooting|date=26 January 2017|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=21 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/korakaki-fends-karsch-25m-pistol-gold|title=Korakaki fends off Karsch for 25m pistol gold|work=NBC Olympics|access-date=21 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Korakaki has competed since 2009. She is with the [[Orion Shooting Club]] of Thessaloniki <ref>{{cite web|title=Η Αννα Κορακάκη βραβεύεται στη γιορτή του ΠΣΑΤ|url=http://www.draminaspor.gr/gr/index.php/2010-08-20-06-17-49/2010-08-20-16-05-41/92-2010-11-26-01-13-01.html|work=www.draminaspor.gr|accessdate=7 August 2016}}</ref> and she is coached by her father and retired shooter Tassos Korakakis.<ref name="cnn.gr" /> She is an undergraduate student in Special Education at the [[University of Macedonia]] in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref name="issf">{{cite web|last=International Shooting Sport Federation|title=Portrait of the Athlete|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGREW0804199601|accessdate=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810042036/http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHGREW0804199601|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 12 March 2020, she became the first woman to be the originating [[2020 Summer Olympics torch relay|Olympic athlete torchbearer]] of an Olympic torch relay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/anna-korakaki-chosen-to-be-the-first-torchbearer-of-the-tokyo-2020-torch-relay|title=Anna Korakaki chosen to be the first torchbearer of the Tokyo 2020 Torch relay - Olympic News|date=2020-02-08|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>

==International results==
Korakaki has been a member of the Greece national shooting team since 2010.<ref name="cnn.gr">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.gr/news/sports/story/41997/rio-2016-poia-einai-i-20xroni-olympionikis-anna-korakaki|title=Ρίο 2016: Ποια είναι η 20χρονη Ολυμπιονίκης Άννα Κορακάκη|last=|first=|date= 7 August 2016|website=cnn.gr|publisher=|accessdate= 8 August 2016}}</ref> Distinguished results include:<ref name="issf" />

* [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|Gold]] and [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|Bronze]] medalist at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|Gold]] medal (10 m air pistol) and 9th place (25 m air pistol) at the [[2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2018 World Championships]] in [[Changwon]].
* Gold and two times Bronze medalist at the [[2018 ISSF World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Fort Benning]]. 
* Gold medalist at the 2018 World Cup Final in [[Guadalajara]].
* Gold and Silver medalist at the [[2016 ISSF World Cup|2016 World Cup]] in [[Bologna]]. In the 25m pistol, she won a Gold medal with an overall score of 39/50, beating South Korean [[Kim Jang-mi|Jangami Kim]] and Ukrainian [[Olena Kostevych|Olena Kostevich]] who respectively won the Silver and Bronze medals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.oasport.it/2016/10/tiro-a-segno-finali-coppa-del-mondo-bologna-2016-la-greca-anna-korakaki-regina-della-pistola-25m/|title=Tiro a segno, Finali Coppa del Mondo Bologna 2016: la greca Anna Korakaki regina della pistola 25m|work=OA|access-date=21 March 2017|language=it-IT}}</ref>
* Gold and Silver medalist at the [[European Games|2019 European Games]] in [[Minsk]].
* Gold and Bronze medalist at the 2017 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Gold and Silver medalist at the 2016 Junior World Cup in [[Suhl]].
* Gold medalist at the 2023 European Championship in [[Tallinn]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Villiers |first=Ockert |date=10 March 2023 |title=2023 European Championships 10m: Damir Mikec and Anna Korakaki strike air pistol gold |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/2023-european-championships-10m-damir-mikec-and-anna-korakaki-strike-air-pistol- |website=Olympics.com}}</ref> 
* Gold medalist at the 2014 European Junior Championship in [[Moscow]].
* Gold medalist at the 2023 World Cup in [[Baku]].<ref>ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol - Baku 2023 - [https://www.issf-sports.org/media/resultspdf/2023/3114/F000000IA1005231615.1.APW.0.001.Sius.pdf RESULTS, 10m AIR PISTOL WOMEN, FINAL]</ref> 
* Gold medalist at the 2024 World Cup in [[Cairo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=4166 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=ISSF |language=en}}</ref> 
* Two time Silver medalist at the 2016 World Cup in [[Baku]].
* Silver medalist at the [[2015 European Games]] in [[Baku]].
* Silver medalist at the 2015 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Silver medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championship in [[Belgrade]].
* Bronze medalist at the 2015 World Cup in [[Fort Benning]].
* Bronze medalist at the 2014 World Junior Championship in [[Granada]].

== Records ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! colspan=9 | Current world records held in [[10 meter air pistol]]
|-
| Women
{{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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eleftherostypos.gr/sports/67567-ekane-tatoyaz-gia-na-thymatai-panta-to-xryso-metallio-stoys-olympiakoys-agones-i-anna-korakaki/|title=Εκανε τατουάζ για να θυμάται το χρυσό μετάλλιο στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες η Κορακάκη [εικόνα] {{!}} Ελεύθερος Τύπος|date=5 January 2017|work=Ελεύθερος Τύπος|access-date=21 March 2017|language=el-GR}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ISSF}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{HOC profile|korakaki-anna}}

{{Olympic Champions Shooting SP}}

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