Katarina Krišto Explained

Country:Croatia
Weight Class:63 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Women's 63 kg
Worlds Rank:R32
Worlds Year:2024
Worlds Weight:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:5
Regionals Year:2024
Regionals Weight:Women's 63 kg
Updated:30 July 2024

Katarina Krišto (born 20 March 2002) is a Croatian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

She won the 2021 European Junior Judo Championships in 2021, and won bronze at the European Open in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2023.[2] She won bronze at the 2021 World Judo Juniors Championships in May 2023, in Italy.[3] That year, she triumphed at the Grand Prix in Dushanbe in 2023.[4]

She won a silver at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Paris in 2024.[5] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya.[6] She then won gold at 2024 Judo Grand Slam Astana.[7]

She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's 63 kg.[8] She defeated Miku Takaichi on the way to reaching the semi final.[9] She was initially awarded the win in her bronze medal match against Laura Fazliu but her winning waza-ari score was overturned by the judges for a gripping infringement and a third shido gave the result in favour of Fazliu.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katarina Krišto . Eurosport. 30 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Katarina Krišto . Judo Inside. 30 July 2024.
  3. Web site: KATARINA KRIŠTO WINS BRONZE MEDAL AT WORLD JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP. Total-crotia news . 30 July 2024. 11 May 2023.
  4. Web site: KATARINA KRISTO AND IVA OBERAN STAND UP FOR CROATIA. judo inside . 30 July 2024. 3 June 2023.
  5. Web site: KRISTO CAPTURES ATTENTION IN PARIS. eju.net. 30 July 2024. 3 February 2024.
  6. Web site: KRISTO ADDS TO CROATIA'S POT. eju.net. 30 July 2024. 31 March 2024.
  7. Web site: POHL, KRISTO, POLLING AND PINA WITH NEW MEMORIES . eju.net. 30 July 2024. 11 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Krišto rutinski odradila dvoboj prvoga kola. Iduća protivnica joj je neugodna Japanka. vecernji. 30 July 2024. 30 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Olympics: Takanori Nagase wins back-to-back Olympic judo gold. kyodo.news.net. 20 July 2024. 30 July 2024. Hiroki. Noda.
  10. Web site: FAZLIU JOINS KOSOVO LEGACY. eju.net. 30 July 2024. 30 July 2024.