| Kayra Özdemir | |
| Full Name: | Kayra Almira Özdemir |
| Birth Name: | Ketty Mathé |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Weight: | 108 kg |
| Nationality: | French Turkish |
| Weight Class: | +78 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | 5 |
| Olympics Year: | 2016 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
| Olympics Year2: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight2: | Women's +78 kg |
| Olympics Year3: | 2024 |
| Olympics Weight3: | Women's +78 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 2024 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2016 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's +78 kg |
| Regionals Year2: | 2021 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's +78 kg |
| Updated: | 3 August 2024 |
Kayra Almira Özdemir[1] [2] (;[3] born Ketty Mathé[4] on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division.[5]
Coming from Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron in Brittany, she competed for France until her marriage in Turkey in February 2015. She then changed her name from Ketty Mathé to Kayra Sayit, and began to compete for Turkey after acquiring the Turkish citizenship.
Özdemir was a finalist in the 2011 Prague World Cup, and was selected along with fellow Breton Laëtitia Payet for the World Championships, competing on 27 August in Paris-Bercy.
In 2016, Özdemir won the gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix, and at the European Championships in Kazan, Russia.
In 2021, Özdemir won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[6] [7] She took the gold medal at the 2021 European Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. She competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8]
Özdemir won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[9]
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Medal winner in senior tournaments only.
| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor for | |||
| 2007 | European Open Championships | 3rd | Open class |
| European Team Championships Minsk | 3rd | +78 kg team | |
| World Cup Vienna | 3rd | +78 kg | |
| 2008 | Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris | 3rd | +78 kg |
| World Cup Warsaw | 3rd | +78 kg | |
| World Cup Rome | 1st | +78 kg | |
| Super World Cup Moscow | 1st | +78 kg | |
| 2011 | Grand Prix Abu Dhabi | 2nd | +78 kg |
| World Cup Prague | 2nd | +78 kg | |
| World Cup Rome | 1st | +78 kg | |
| 2012 | European Team Championships Chelyabinsk | 2nd | +70 kg team |
| World Cup Budapest | 3rd | +78 kg | |
| 2014 | Belgian Ladies Open Arlon | 1st | +78 kg |
| Swiss Judo Open Uster | 1st | +78 kg | |
| European Cup London | 1st | +78 kg | |
| Competitor for | |||
| 2015 | Grand Prix Budapest | 1st | +78 kg |
| Grand Prix Tashkent | 3rd | +78 kg | |
| 2016 | Grand Prix Tbilisi | 1st | +78 kg |
| European Championships | 1st | +78 kg | |
| 2018 | World Championships | 3rd | +78 kg |
| 2019 | World Championships | 3rd | +78 kg |
| 2021 | European Championships | 1st | +78 kg |
| 2024 | European Championships | 3rd | +78 kg |
| World Championships | 2nd | +78 kg | |