Kayra Özdemir Explained

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]

Achievements

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Medal winner in senior tournaments only.

Year Tournament Place Weight class
Competitor for
2007 European Open Championships3rd Open class
European Team Championships Minsk3rd +78 kg team
World Cup Vienna3rd +78 kg
2008 Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris3rd +78 kg
World Cup Warsaw3rd +78 kg
World Cup Rome1st +78 kg
Super World Cup Moscow1st +78 kg
2011 Grand Prix Abu Dhabi2nd +78 kg
World Cup Prague2nd +78 kg
World Cup Rome1st +78 kg
2012 European Team Championships Chelyabinsk2nd +70 kg team
World Cup Budapest3rd +78 kg
2014 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon1st +78 kg
Swiss Judo Open Uster1st +78 kg
European Cup London1st +78 kg
Competitor for
2015 Grand Prix Budapest1st +78 kg
Grand Prix Tashkent3rd +78 kg
2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi1st +78 kg
European Championships1st +78 kg
2018World Championships3rd +78 kg
2019World Championships3rd +78 kg
2021European Championships1st +78 kg
2024 European Championships3rd +78 kg
World Championships2nd +78 kg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judoka KAYRA ALMİRA ÖZDEMİR . judo.org.tr . tr . Türkiye Judo Federasyonu . 29 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Kayra Özdemir - Olimpedya . olimpedya.olimpiyat.org.tr . . 29 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Kayra Sayit . . 6 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708152807/https://www.ijf.org/judoka/19203 . 8 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Ketty Mathe . . 6 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230708151307/https://www.ijf.org/judoka/4142 . 8 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Kayra Ozdemir . . 6 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230806084552/https://www.ijf.org/judoka/19203 . 6 August 2023.
  6. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 13 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  7. News: Gillen. Nancy. 13 January 2021. Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 13 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113205515/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102983/riner-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters. 13 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 April 2018.
  9. Web site: Judo Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704181709/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/JUD/ResultBook/GDM2022_JUD_v1.5.pdf . 4 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.