Elena Quirici Explained

Elena Quirici
Birth Date:1994 2, df=yes
Country:Switzerland
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:68 kg

Elena Quirici (born 16 February 1994)[1] is a Swiss karateka. She is a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships and a seven-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Karate Championships.

Quirici represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She competed in the women's +61kg event.[2] Quirici is also a two-time medalist at the European Games.

Career

At the 2012 World Karate Championships held in Paris, France, Quirici won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61kg event. In 2015, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. In that same year, Quirici lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2016 European Karate Championships held in Montpellier, France.

In 2017, Quirici competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[3] She lost two matches and drew one match in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[3]

At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68kg event and also the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[4]

Quirici won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5] [6] Four years earlier, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In March 2020, Quirici was scheduled to represent Switzerland in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] [8] This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification.[9] In June 2021, she was able to regain her qualification status at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France.[10] [11] Quirici finished in third place in her pool during the pool stage in the women's +61kg event and she did not advance to compete in the semifinals.[2] She was the flag bearer for Switzerland during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] In November 2021, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where she was eliminated in her third match by Alisa Buchinger of Austria.[13]

Quirici competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.[14] She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Vasiliki Panetsidou of Greece.[14] Quirici also competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[15]

Quirici won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She defeated Irina Zaretska of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match. A few months later, Quirici lost against Irina Zaretska in the final of the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[16] [17] She won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[18] [19]

Quirici won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.[20]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2012World ChampionshipsParis, France3rdKumite 61kg
2015European ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2ndKumite 68kg
2016European ChampionshipsMontpellier, France1stKumite 68kg
2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stKumite 68kg
1stTeam kumite
2019European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain2ndKumite 68kg
European GamesMinsk, Belarus3rdKumite 68kg
2023European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain1stKumite 68kg
European GamesKraków and Małopolska, Poland2ndKumite 68kg
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndKumite 68kg
2024European ChampionshipsZadar, Croatia2ndKumite 68kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210106215132/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/nh/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf. 6 January 2021. 6 January 2021. 2017 World Games.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: Karate Results. 2017 World Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. News: Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019. Rowbottom. Mike. 29 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 1 February 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. WKF.net. 18 April 2020.
  8. News: Shefferd. Neil. World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020. 18 March 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 18 April 2020.
  9. News: 3 March 2021. Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualification system revised. World Karate Federation. 23 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Gaysinsky among last six karateka to qualify for Tokyo 2020 after Canada protest. Berkeley. Geoff. 13 June 2021. Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. 13 June 2021.
  11. News: Probst. Martin. 13 June 2021. Quirici löst das Olympiaticket ein zweites Mal: «Egal wie schwer der Weg ist, man kann es schaffen». de. bz Basel. 13 June 2021.
  12. Web site: List of closing ceremony flag bearers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211004201903/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/08/Tokyo-2020-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-bearers.pdf. 4 October 2021. 16 November 2021. Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. News: Burke . Patrick . 23 June 2023 . Spain strike with treble taekwondo triumph at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 30 June 2023.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Web site: 2024 European Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512153857/https://cdn.sportdata.org/e7e59c9f-1b6a-47b5-9885-d8e8e6520a4d/ . 12 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . Sportdata.

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