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'{{Short description|Greek sport shooter (born 1996)}} {{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}} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]] {{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> She was designated by [[Greek Olympic Committee]] as the flag bearer for the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games]], along with the Greek artistic gymnast [[Eleftherios Petrounias]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Korakaki, Petrounias selecter as Greece’s Flag Bearers for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.hoc.gr/en/hocnews/korakaki-petrounias-selecter-as-greeces-flag-bearers-for-tokyo-olympics/ |website=hoc |access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref> In her participation at Olympics, she placed 6th both in the 10m air pistol and in the 25m pistol. After the completion of the competitions, she revealed that her performance had been affected due to the stalking she had suffered for a long time from an individual, who was eventually sentenced to five years in prison. ==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 (10 m) 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 (25 m.) at the 2024 World Cup in [[Cairo]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=ISSF World Cup - Cairo, EGY - Result 25m Pistol Women |url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=3207&resultkey=3b3b303b5350573b303b463b493b313b303b30 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=www.issf-sports.org}}</ref> * 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== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{ISSF}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{HOC profile|korakaki-anna}} {{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 for Greece]] [[Category:Sportspeople 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:Competitors at the 2022 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]] [[Category:21st-century Greek women]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2023 European Games]] [[Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]'