| Corina Căprioriu Ștefan | |
| Birth Name: | Corina Oana Căprioriu |
| Full Name: | Corina Oana Ștefan |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Lugoj, Romania |
| Height: | 1.60 m |
| Weight Class: | –57 kg |
| Club: | CSM Cluj-Napoca |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 2015 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2010 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | 2 |
| Olympics Year: | 2012 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Updated: | 28 May 2023 |
Corina Căprioriu (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /koˈrina kəpriˈorju/; born 18 July 1986) is a Romanian judoka.[1] She has competed under the name Corina Ștefan since her 2016 marriage to Romanian wrestler Gheorghiță Ștefan.[2] [3]
Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lost in the final against Japan’s Kaori Matsumoto after being disqualified (hansoku) during the golden score period in the women's 57 kg weight class.[4]
Căprioriu also won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2011 World Judo Championships. Caprioriu was European Champion in 2010 and bronze medalist in 2011. She has booked multiple World cup titles since 2010.
Căprioriu managed to qualify in the final at the 2015 World Judo Championships where she met her opponent from the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kaori Matsumoto. She lost after the Japanese scored a waza-ari. She is the current World No.1 at the Women's 57 kg category.