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Giana Mohamed Farouk (born 10 December 1994) is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.^[2] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[3]^[4]

In 2019, she represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event.^[5]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2013	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	1st	Team kumite
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	3rd	Team kumite
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	Kumite 61 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Team kumite
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Kumite 61 kg

^ ^a ^b Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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