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Giana Farouk
Personal information
Born (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 30)
Sport
CountryEgypt
SportKarate
Weight class61 kg
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Egypt
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Kumite 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Bremen Team kumite
Gold medal – first place 2016 Linz Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Linz Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Madrid Team kumite
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville Kumite 61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat Kumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Palembang Kumite 61 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Kumite 61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona Kumite 61 kg

Giana Mohamed Farouk (born 10 December 1994) is an Egyptian karateka. 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.

She is scheduled to represent Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.[1][2]

Career

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.[3] 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.[4][5]

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.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 1st Kumite 61 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games Palembang, Indonesia 1st Kumite 61 kg
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st Kumite 61 kg
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 2nd Kumite 61 kg
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 3rd Kumite 61 kg

References

  1. ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.


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