Theopoula Sarvanaki Explained

Thenia Sarvanaki
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Birth Name:Theopoula Sarvanaki
Nationality:Greek
Birth Date:23 August 2004[1]
Country:Greece
Sport:Taekwondo
Weight Class:Welterweight

Theopoula “Thenia" Sarvanaki (born 23 August 2004) is a Greek Taekwondo practitioner. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships.

Early life

Born in Thessaloniki, she started taekwondo at the age of five years-old.[2]

Career

Junior

A successful junior, she won gold at the European Championships in the 55kg category in Spain in 2018.[3] She finished as runner-up in the −63 kg division at 2021 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Sarajevo, losing out to Hungarian Viviana Marton in the final.[4] [5]

Senior

2022

Stepping up to the senior ranks, she was fifth at the Manchester Grand Prix in May 2022.[6] She was a silver medalist in the Women's lightweight division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, aged 18 years-old.[7] [8] She reached the final with a victory against Feruza Sadikova, but was defeated in the final by Belgian Sarah Chaari.[9] In October 2022, she won the Dutch Open. She dedicated the win to her compatriot and twice Olympic medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis who had died shortly beforehand.[10]

2023

In February 2023, she won gold at the Presidents Cup in Antalya, Turkey, defeating the 2022 European Champion Jone Magdaleno of Spain in the final.[11] That month, she was selected for the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[12]

In May 2023, she won gold at the European Club Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She did so without losing a single round in her four victorious matches.[13] Later that month, she competed at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku where she lost to eventual winner Magda Wiet-Hénin.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Theopoula. Sarvanaki. 10 April 2024. Taekwondo data.
  2. Web site: Thenia Sarvanaki. 10 April 2024. Iroes.
  3. Web site: Greece wins 2 Gold medals at Children's European Taekwondo Championship. Greek City Times. 10 April 2024. 3 December 2018.
  4. Web site: TAE KWON DOEuropean W/N: Sarvanaki is runner-up in Europe!. Sportsfeed.gr. 10 April 2024. 13 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Ασημένιο μετάλλιο για την Θένια Σαρβανάκη στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Ταεκβοντό Νεανίδων. Newsit.gr. 10 April 2024. 13 November 2021. Greek. }
  6. Web site: European Championship Manchester: Fifth place for Sarvanakis and Kaltekis in the final of the competition. elot-tkd.gr. 10 April 2024. 22 May 2022.
  7. Web site: 18 year-old Thenia Sarvanaki is second in the Word Taelwokdo Championships in Guadalajara. Action in Sports. 10 April 2024. Andreou. Paris. 16 November 2022.
  8. Web site: "Silver" Sarvanaki. ertsports.gr. 10 April 2024. 24 November 2022.
  9. Web site: BBC Sport. Britain's Powell wins World Championship bronze. 10 April 2024.
  10. Web site: The Opinion. 10 April 2024. "Gold" Thenia Sarvanaki - She dedicated the medal to Alexandros Nikolaidis. 15 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Tae Kwon Do: Outstanding Sarvanaki with gold in the President's Cup of Turkey. ufight.gr. 10 April 2024. February 5, 2023.
  12. Web site: Five Cypriot and ten Greek athletes are among the 224 qualified for the Krakow European Games 2023. Action in Sports. 10 April 2024. 23 February 2023. Paris. Andreou.
  13. Web site: Tae Kwon Do: Foveri Sarvanaki, "gold" in European clubs. ufight.gr. 10 April 2024. 2 May 2023.
  14. Web site: Inside the Games. 10 April 2024. French double up and two neutrals medal at World Taekwondo Championships. Patrick. Burke. 30 May 2023.

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