Irina Zaretska Explained
Irina Zaretska |
Birth Date: | 1996 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Odesa, Ukraine |
Sport: | Karate |
Coach: | Morozov Denys |
Irina Zaretska (born 4 March 1996)[1] is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2015) karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She is a three-time gold medalist in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018, 2021 and 2023). Zaretska is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Islamic Solidarity Games (2017 and 2022) and the European Games (2015 and 2023).
Career
Zaretska won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.[3] [4] At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68kg event.
At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68kg event.[5] In the final, she lost against Elena Quirici of Switzerland.[5] She also became world champion in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[6] [7]
In 2019, Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[8] [9] Four years earlier, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[10]
Zaretska represented Azerbaijan in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[11] [12] She won the silver medal in the women's +61kg event.[2] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[13] [14]
She competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.[15] She also competed in the women's team kumite event.[15] She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[16] She won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[17] [18]
Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[19] [20] She also won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[21] [22]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2014 | European Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | Team kumite |
World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 3rd | Kumite 68kg |
2015 | European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
2016 | European Championships | Montpellier, France | 1st | Team kumite |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
2018 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 2nd | Kumite 68kg |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
2019 | European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 2nd | Kumite 68kg |
2021 | European Championships | Poreč, Croatia | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | Kumite +61kg |
World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
2023 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Spain | 2nd | Kumite 68kg |
European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 1st | Kumite 68kg |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Kumite 68kg | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Entry List by Country . https://web.archive.org/web/20220709185232/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Root/ViewPdf/KTE-------------------------------_C32A_1.0.pdf . 9 July 2022 . 9 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
- Web site: Karate Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf. 10 August 2021. 10 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- News: Goddard. Emily. 8 November 2014. France and Egypt lead medals table at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 25 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20161026150147/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1023710/france-and-egypt-lead-medals-table-at-karate-world-championships. 26 October 2016.
- Web site: 2014 World Karate Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20211124045916/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/5/Results.pdf . 24 November 2021 . 21 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
- Web site: 2018 European Karate Championships. World Karate Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200420004503/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/ekf-senior-resultados-53rd-ekf-senior-championships-novi-sad-serbia-may-10-13-001.pdf. 20 April 2020. 20 April 2020.
- Web site: 2018 World Karate Championships. SportData. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426163137/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=188&active_menu=calendar. 26 April 2020. 26 April 2020.
- Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf. 26 November 2020. 30 December 2020. 2018 World Karate Championships.
- News: Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019. Rowbottom. Mike. 29 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 1 February 2020.
- Web site: Karate Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf. 15 August 2020. 15 August 2020. 2019 European Games.
- News: Etchells. Daniel. 14 June 2015. Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds. InsideTheGames.biz. 11 May 2020.
- News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. WKF.net. 18 April 2020.
- News: Shefferd. Neil. World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2020.
- News: Morgan. Liam. 20 November 2021. Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 November 2021.
- Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
- Web site: 2022 European Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710151049/https://ucarecdn.com/d03cb6fd-5ad5-43b0-864c-f08e1e001d43/ . 10 July 2022 . 23 August 2022 . ucarecdn.com.
- Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
- News: Berkeley . Geoff . 18 August 2022 . Chusovitina, 47, rolls back years with vault gold on final day of Islamic Solidarity Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 20 August 2022.
- Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820111044/https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ . 20 August 2022 . 21 August 2022 . 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org.
- News: Burke . Patrick . 23 June 2023 . Spain strike with treble taekwondo triumph at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 30 June 2023.
- News: 23 June 2023 . Celebration of values of Karate on final day of European Games . European Karate Federation . 1 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230701115822/https://2022.europeankaratefederation.net/2023/06/23/celebration-of-values-of-karate-on-final-day-of-european-games/ . 1 July 2023.
- News: Berkeley . Geoff . 28 October 2023 . Hárspataki loses dramatic final as Ukrainian shuns Russian on podium at Karate World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 28 October 2023.
- Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.