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'{{short description|Greek sport shooter}} {{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 = {{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}} {{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}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Shooting at the 2019 European Games – Women's 25 metre pistol|25m pistol]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Shooting at the 2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|[[Shooting at the 2015 European Games – Mixed 10 metre air pistol|Mixed 10m air pistol]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Shooting at the 2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Shooting at the 2019 European Games – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10m air pistol]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 Mediterranean Games|2018 Tarragona]]|[[Shooting at the 2018 Mediterranean Games|10m air pistol]]}} }} '''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> ==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> 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> ==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" /> * [[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]]. * Gold and two Bronze medal at the [[2018 ISSF World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Fort Benning]]. * 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 [[European Games|2019 European Games]] in [[Minsk]]. * Gold and Bronze medal at the 2017 World Cup Final in [[Munich]]. * 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]]. == 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== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{ISSF}} {{Olympic Champions Shooting SP}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Korakaki, Anna}} [[Category:1996 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Greek female sport shooters]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Greece]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Greece]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in shooting]] [[Category:Olympic shooters of Greece]] [[Category:People from Drama, Greece]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:ISSF pistol shooters]] [[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece]] [[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2015 European Games]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2019 European Games]] [[Category:European Games medalists in shooting]] [[Category:European Games gold medalists for Greece]] [[Category:European Games silver medalists for Greece]] [[Category:University of Macedonia alumni]] [[Category:People from Nigrita]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]'