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'''Anna Korakaki''' ({{lang-el|Άννα Κορακάκη}}, born 8 April 1996) is a Greek [[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>
'''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==
==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]] and a bronze medal in the [[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10m air pistol]]. She won the first Gold medal for Greece, since Greece hosted the Olympics back in 2004. 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.<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 competition, she beat Monika Karsch of Germany.<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> In this race, she won three rounds thus getting a lead of 6–0, then the German rival won the next three rounds and thus bringing it to a 6–6 tie. In the last round, the German 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>
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 was for Greece was following a hiatus since the last gold medal won for Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Her OLympic distinctions include: she was the first Greek woman in her maiden appearance at an Olympics (then aged 20 years) to win for Greece two Olympic medals in the same Olympiad, and the only Greek Olympic athlete ever to win two Olympic medals at any sport following a hiatus since 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 they would vie for the gold medal, each holding the lead or tie with each succeeding round, and Korakaki would defeat Monika Karsch of Germany after a<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>
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 March 12, 2020, she became the first woman to be the first [[2020 Summer Olympics torch relay|Olympic 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>
On March 12, 2020, she became the first woman to be the first [[2020 Summer Olympics torch relay|Olympic 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==
==International results==
Korakaki has been a member of the Greek national 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" />
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]] medal at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].
* [[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]].
* [[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 Bronze medal at the [[2018 ISSF World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Fort Benning]].
* Gold and two Bronze medals at the [[2018 ISSF World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Fort Benning]].
* Gold medal at the 2018 World Cup Final in [[Guadalajara]].
* Gold medal at the 2018 World Cup Final in [[Guadalajara]].
* Gold and silver medal at the [[2016 ISSF World Cup|2016 World Cup]] in [[Bologna]]. In the 25m pistol, she won gold with overall score of 39/50, beating South Korean [[Kim Jang-mi|Jangami Kim]] and Ukrainian [[Olena Kostevych|Olena Kostevich]] who won silver and bronze, respectively.<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 medal at the [[2016 ISSF World Cup|2016 World Cup]] in [[Bologna]]. In the 25m pistol, she won gold with overall score of 39/50, beating South Korean [[Kim Jang-mi|Jangami Kim]] and Ukrainian [[Olena Kostevych|Olena Kostevich]] who won silver and bronze, respectively.<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 medal at the [[European Games|2019 European Games]] in [[Minsk]].
* Gold and silver medalist at the [[European Games|2019 European Games]] in [[Minsk]].
* Gold and Bronze medal at the 2017 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Gold and Bronze medalist at the 2017 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Gold and silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Cup in [[Suhl]].
* Gold and silver medalist at the 2016 Junior World Cup in [[Suhl]].
* Gold medal at the 2014 European Junior Championship in [[Moscow]].
* Gold medalist at the 2014 European Junior Championship in [[Moscow]].
* Two silver medals at the 2016 World Cup in [[Baku]].
* Two time silver medalist at the 2016 World Cup in [[Baku]].
* Silver medal at the [[2015 European Games]] in [[Baku]].
* Silver medalist at the [[2015 European Games]] in [[Baku]].
* Silver medal at the 2015 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Silver medalist at the 2015 World Cup Final in [[Munich]].
* Silver medal at the 2011 European Junior Championship in [[Belgrade]].
* Silver medalist at the 2011 European Junior Championship in [[Belgrade]].
* Bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup in [[Fort Benning]].
* Bronze medalist at the 2015 World Cup in [[Fort Benning]].
* Bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championship in [[Granada]].
* Bronze medalist at the 2014 World Junior Championship in [[Granada]].


== Records ==
== Records ==

Revision as of 09:30, 4 July 2022

Anna Korakaki
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28)
Drama, Greece
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryGreece
SportShooting
EventAir pistol
Medal record
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
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osijek 10m air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Wrocław 10m air pistol
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 25m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Mixed 10m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 10m air pistol
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 10m air pistol

Anna Korakaki (Template: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 was for Greece was following a hiatus since the last gold medal won for Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. Her OLympic distinctions include: she was the first Greek woman in her maiden appearance at an Olympics (then aged 20 years) to win for Greece two Olympic medals in the same Olympiad, and the only Greek Olympic athlete ever to win two Olympic medals at any sport following a hiatus since the 1912 Summer Olympics with Konstantinos Tsiklitiras.[2] In the 25m fire pistol event they would vie for the gold medal, each holding the lead or tie with each succeeding round, and Korakaki would defeat Monika Karsch of Germany after a[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 March 12, 2020, she became the first woman to be the first Olympic 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.[10]

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. 2020-02-08. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  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. ^ "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.
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