Kyriaki Kouvari
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| Nationality |
 Greece | ||||||||||||
| Born |
19 January 1984 Thessaloniki, Greece | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | +67 kg | ||||||||||||
| Club | Keratsini | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kyriaki Kouvari (Greek: Κυριακή Κούβαρη; born January 19, 1984 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek taekwondo practitioner.[1] She won the bronze medal for the heavyweight category at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Kouvari competed for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after defeating Great Britain's Sarah Stevenson for the gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.[2] She lost the first preliminary match by a defensive kick from Brazil's Natália Falavigna, with a score of 1–3.[3]
References
- ↑ "Kyriaki Kouvari". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Taekwondo +67 kg". CBC News. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's +67kg (+148 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 6 December 2012.