Giana Farouk Explained

Giana Farouk
Native Name:جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي
Native Name Lang:ar
Full Name:Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy
Birth Date:1994 12, df=yes
Country:Egypt
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:61 kg

Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy (Arabic: جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي, born 10 December 1994) is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] [2] She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships.[3] She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.

Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.[4] [5]

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[6] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[7] [8]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.[9] She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event.[10]

She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[11] [12]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[1] [2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey1stKumite 61kg
Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia1stKumite 61kg
2014World ChampionshipsBremen, Germany1stKumite 61kg
1stTeam kumite
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo1stKumite 61kg
3rdTeam kumite
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria1stKumite 61kg
3rdTeam kumite
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2ndKumite 61kg
World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rdKumite 61kg
3rdTeam kumite
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco3rdKumite 61kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdKumite 61kg

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Barker . Philip . 6 August 2021 . World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title . InsideTheGames.biz . 6 August 2021.
  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: 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.
  4. News: Morgan . Liam . 13 August 2016 . Agier lays down marker with victory over rival Buchinger at World University Karate Championship . . 23 August 2022.
  5. Web site: 2016 World University Karate Championships Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201015224326/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/2016_WUC_Karate_results.pdf . 15 October 2020 . 16 November 2021 . Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire.
  6. Web site: 2018 Mediterranean Games . World Karate Federation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200426191043/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/-resultados-mediterranean-games-003.pdf . 26 April 2020 . 26 April 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: 2019 African Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20200301125131/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/284/Result_Book_UFAK_2019.pdf . 1 March 2020 . 22 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
  10. Web site: Karate Results . 2019 African Games . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200426201444/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/306/ResultBook_306_20190826_201158-min.pdf . 26 April 2020 . 26 April 2020.
  11. News: WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020 . 18 March 2020 . WKF.net . 18 April 2020.
  12. News: Shefferd . Neil . World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020 . 18 March 2020 . InsideTheGames.biz . 18 April 2020.