Elena Quirici
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Born | 16 February 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 68 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Kumite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Quirici (born 16 February 1994)[1] is a Swiss karateka. She is a bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships and a five-time medalist, including three golds, at the European Karate Championships.
She represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +61 kg event.[2]
Career[]
At the 2012 World Karate Championships held in Paris, France, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event. In 2015, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. In that same year, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The following year, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2016 European Karate Championships held in Montpellier, France.
In 2017, she competed in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[3] She lost two matches and drew one match in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.[3]
At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event and also the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[4]
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[5][6] Four years earlier, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In March 2020, she was scheduled to represent Switzerland in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7][8] This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification.[9] In June 2021, she was able to regain her qualification status at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France.[10][11] She finished in third place in her pool during the pool stage in the women's +61 kg event and she did not advance to compete in the semifinals.[2] She was the flag bearer for Switzerland during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] In November 2021, she competed in the women's 68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2012 | World Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2015 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | Kumite 68 kg |
2016 | European Championships | Montpellier, France | 1st | Kumite 68 kg |
2018 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Kumite 68 kg |
1st | Team kumite | |||
2019 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Spain | 2nd | Kumite 68 kg |
European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Kumite 68 kg |
References[]
- ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "2018 European Karate Championships" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 qualification system revised". World Karate Federation. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (13 June 2021). "Gaysinsky among last six karateka to qualify for Tokyo 2020 after Canada protest". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Probst, Martin (13 June 2021). "Quirici löst das Olympiaticket ein zweites Mal: «Egal wie schwer der Weg ist, man kann es schaffen»". bz Basel (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "List of closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
External links[]
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- Elena Quirici at KarateRec.com
- Elena Quirici at Olympedia
- Elena Quirici at the International World Games Association
- Living people
- 1994 births
- Swiss female karateka
- Karateka at the 2015 European Games
- Karateka at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in karate
- European Games bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics