Kristina Mah Explained

Kristina Mah
Country:Australia
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:61 kg
Event:Kumite

Kristina Mah is an Australian karateka. She is a gold medalist at the World Karate Championships.

Career

In 2010, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1] In 2012, she was eliminated from the competition in the same event at 2012 World Karate Championships by Boutheina Hasnaoui of Tunisia.[1] Hasnaoui went on to win the silver medal. In 2013, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2013 World Combat Games held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]

In 2017, she represented Australia at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland in the women's kumite 61 kg event.[3] She was eliminated from the competition by Alexandra Grande of Peru.[3] [4] Grande went on to win the gold medal.[3] [4]

In 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] In 2023, she competed in the women's 61kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue RankEvent
2010World ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stKumite 61 kg
2013World Combat GamesSaint Petersburg, Russia2ndKumite 61 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: 23 November 2012. Boutheina Hasnaoui, la Tunisienne accro au Karaté. France24. 13 May 2020. fr.
  2. News: 4 November 2013. SportAccord World Combat Games 2013. World Karate Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190605175515/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/sportaccord-world-combat-games/18/. 5 June 2019.
  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. News: 26 July 2017. Peruana Alexandra Grande gana oro en los World Games de Polonia. El Bocón. 13 May 2020. es.
  5. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  6. 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.