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Anna Korakaki
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Nationality	Greek
Born	8 April 1996 (age 28); Drama, Greece
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Shooting
Event	Air pistol
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
European Games
Mediterranean Games

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Anna Korakaki (Template:Lang-el, born 8 April 1996) is a Greek shooter.^[1] 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. 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.^[2] In the 25m fire pistol competition, she beat Monika Karsch of Germany.^[3] 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.^[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]

International results

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

Gold and bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Gold medal (10 m air pistol) and 9th place (25 m air pistol) at the 2018 World Championships in Changwon.
2 Gold and 2 Bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup in Guadalajara and Fort Benning.
Gold and silver medal at the 2016 World Cup in Bologna. In the 25m pistol, she won gold with overall score of 39/50, beating South Korean Jangami Kim and Ukrainian Olena Kostevich who won silver and bronze, respectively.^[8]
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.
Bronze medal at the 2017 World Cup Final in Munich.

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.^[9]

References

^ "Anna Korakaki". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες: Άννα Κορακάκη, η πρώτη μετά τον θρυλικό Τσικλιτήρα". www.newsit.gr. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "Rio 2016 25m pistol (30+30 shots) women – Olympic Shooting". International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Korakaki fends off Karsch for 25m pistol gold". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Η Αννα Κορακάκη βραβεύεται στη γιορτή του ΠΣΑΤ". www.draminaspor.gr. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Ρίο 2016: Ποια είναι η 20χρονη Ολυμπιονίκης Άννα Κορακάκη". cnn.gr. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b International Shooting Sport Federation. "Portrait of the Athlete". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Tiro a segno, Finali Coppa del Mondo Bologna 2016: la greca Anna Korakaki regina della pistola 25m". OA (in Italian). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "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

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[1] "Anna Korakaki". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[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.

[cnn.gr-6] "Ρίο 2016: Ποια είναι η 20χρονη Ολυμπιονίκης Άννα Κορακάκη". cnn.gr. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

[issf-7] International Shooting Sport Federation. "Portrait of the Athlete". Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[8] "Tiro a segno, Finali Coppa del Mondo Bologna 2016: la greca Anna Korakaki regina della pistola 25m". OA (in Italian). Retrieved 21 March 2017.

[9] "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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 * [[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]].
 * [[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]].
+* 2 Gold and 2 Bronze medal at the [[2018 ISSF World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Guadalajara]] and [[Fort Benning]].
 * 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 Junior World Cup in [[Suhl]].
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 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>
-Anna Korakaki is a supporter of [[PAOK]].<ref>https://www.paokfc.gr/en/news/20160912-i-vraveusi-tis-annas-korakaki/</ref>
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