Corina Căprioriu

Corina Căprioriu
Personal information
Full name Corina Oana Căprioriu
Born 18 July 1986
Lugoj, Romania
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Sport
Sport Judo
Club CSM Cluj-Napoca

Corina Căprioriu (Romanian pronunciation: [koˈrina kəpriˈorju]; born July 18, 1986, in Lugoj) is a Romanian judoka.[1]

Căprioriu won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She lost in the final against Japan’s Kaori Matsumoto after being disqualified (hansoku) during the golden score period in the women’s -57 kg weight class.[2]

She also won the bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 2011 World Judo Championships.

References

  1. "Corina Căprioriu Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  2. "Olympic judo: Japan's Kaori Matsumoto takes -57kg judo gold". BBC. 30 July 2012.

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