Theodora Gkountoura Explained

Theodora Gkountoura
Birth Date:14 March 1997
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Country:Greece
Weapon:Sabre
Hand:right-handed
Height:184cm [1]
Club:A.O. Ariston Paianias
Highest Rank:3rd (sabre, 2023)
Current Rank:current ranking
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Theodora Gkountoura (; born 14 March 1997) is a Greek sabre fencer.

She participated at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a bronze medal.[2] [3] She won again the bronze medal at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, defeated in the semi-final by the world champion Misaki Emura by 15-14.[4]

She has won the silver medal in the Orléans Grand Prix 2021 and the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Seoul in 2023.

As for the World Cup, she has won the bronze medal in Athens in 2020, the silver medal in Tbilisi in 2022, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2022, the silver medal in Tashkent in 2023, the bronze medal in Athens in 2023, the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2023, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2023 and the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2024.

She has also won the bronze medal at the individual women's sabre event of the 2023 European Games[5]

So far, she has reached a career highest ranking of 3rd place in the 2021–2022 season.

She has been a fencing athlete of AEK multi-sport club,[6] but she's currently an athlete of A.O. Ariston Paianias.[7] [8] She has been 4 times champion in sabre in Greece.[9]

Medal record

World Championship

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2019Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2023Milan, ItalyIndividual Women's Sabre3rd

Grand Prix

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2021Orléans, FranceIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2023Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Sabre1st

World Cup

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2020Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2022Tbilisi, GeorgiaIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2022Algiers, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2023Tashkent, UzbekistanIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2023Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2023Sint-Niklaas, BelgiumIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2023Algiers, AlgeriaIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2024Sint-Niklaas, BelgiumIndividual Women's Sabre3rd

European Games

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2023Kraków, PolandIndividual Women's Sabre3rd

European Championship

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2023Plovdiv, BulgariaIndividual Women's Sabre3rd [10] [11]

National Championship

!Year!Location!Event!Position
2016OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2017OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2018OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre1st
2019OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre1st
2020OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre1st
2021OAKA, AthensIndividual Women's Sabre1st

Personal

Her paternal origin is from Krania, Elassona and her maternal hails from Garazo, Rethymno[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Δώρα Γκουντούρα: Με το σπαθί της . el . Dora Gundura: With her sword . tovima.gr . 22 August 2023.
  2. https://2019budapestfencing.com/files/hunfencing/2019_wfc_bud/sws-in/index.php?page=clasfinal.htm 2019 World Fencing Championships ranking
  3. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – GKOUNTOURA Theodora . 13 February 2023 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website.
  4. Web site: 2023-07-28 . Misaki Emura defends women's sabre title at world championships . 2023-07-28 . The Japan Times . en.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-18 . Fencing . 2023-07-29 . European Games 2023 . en-US.
  6. Web site: 14 November 2021 . 2η στον κόσμο η Γκουντούρα! . 13 February 2023 . ΑΕΚ – Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως . el.
  7. Web site: Hellenic Ranking: 2022 . 13 February 2023 . fencing.ophardt.online.
  8. Web site: TEAM . ΦΩΣ . Ξιφασκία: Ελληνικό "1–2" με Γεωργιάδου και Γκουντούρα στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο σπάθης στην Τασκένδη! . 13 February 2023 . Fosonline.gr . el.
  9. Web site: ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ – Sabre Women's Senior άτομο . 13 February 2023 . fencing.ophardt.online.
  10. https://www.eurofencing.info/competitions/latest-results/case:results/competitionId:3116 Latest results - Results of European Championships - Seniors Individual Female - Sabre - Bulgaria - Plovdiv
  11. Web site: ertnews.gr . Συντακτική ομάδα . 2023-07-04 . Η παγκόσμια πρωταθλήτρια ξιφασκίας Δώρα Γκουντούρα στην ΕΡΤ (video) . 2023-08-02 . ertnews.gr . el.
  12. https://www.rethemnosnews.gr/rethymno/368811_dora-gkoyntoyra-i-rethemniotissa-protathlitria-tis-xifaskias-katakta-ton-kosmo Δώρα Γκουντούρα: Η Ρεθεμνιώτισσα πρωταθλήτρια της ξιφασκίας «κατακτά» τον κόσμο! rethemnosnews.gr

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