Theopoula “Thenia" Sarvanaki (born 23 August 2004) is a Greek Taekwondo practitioner. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships.
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| Birth name | Theopoula Sarvanaki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editBorn in Thessaloniki, she started taekwondo at the age of five years-old.[2]
Career
editJunior
editA successful junior, she won gold at the European Championships in the 55kg category in Spain in 2018.[3] She finished as runner-up in the −63 kg division at 2021 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Sarajevo, losing out to Hungarian Viviana Marton in the final.[4][5]
Senior
edit2022
editStepping up to the senior ranks, she was fifth at the Manchester Grand Prix in May 2022.[6] She was a silver medalist in the Women's lightweight division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, aged 18 years-old.[7][8] She reached the final with a victory against Feruza Sadikova, but was defeated in the final by Belgian Sarah Chaari.[9] In October 2022, she won the Dutch Open. She dedicated the win to her compatriot and twice Olympic medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis who had died shortly beforehand.[10]
2023
editIn February 2023, she won gold at the Presidents Cup in Antalya, Turkey, defeating the 2022 European Champion Jone Magdaleno of Spain in the final.[11] That month, she was selected for the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[12]
In May 2023, she won gold at the European Club Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She did so without losing a single round in her four victorious matches.[13] Later that month, she competed at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku where she lost to eventual winner Magda Wiet-Hénin.[14]
References
edit- ^ Sarvanaki. "Theopoula". Taekwondo data. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Thenia Sarvanaki". Iroes. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Greece wins 2 Gold medals at Children's European Taekwondo Championship". Greek City Times. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "TAE KWON DOEuropean W/N: Sarvanaki is runner-up in Europe!". Sportsfeed.gr. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Ασημένιο μετάλλιο για την Θένια Σαρβανάκη στο Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Ταεκβοντό Νεανίδων". Newsit.gr (in Greek). 13 November 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.}
- ^ "European Championship Manchester: Fifth place for Sarvanakis and Kaltekis in the final of the competition". elot-tkd.gr. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Andreou, Paris (16 November 2022). "18 year-old Thenia Sarvanaki is second in the Word Taelwokdo Championships in Guadalajara". Action in Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ ""Silver" Sarvanaki". ertsports.gr. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Britain's Powell wins World Championship bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ ""Gold" Thenia Sarvanaki - She dedicated the medal to Alexandros Nikolaidis". The Opinion. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Tae Kwon Do: Outstanding Sarvanaki with gold in the President's Cup of Turkey". ufight.gr. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Andreou, Paris (23 February 2023). "Five Cypriot and ten Greek athletes are among the 224 qualified for the Krakow European Games 2023". Action in Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Tae Kwon Do: Foveri Sarvanaki, "gold" in European clubs". ufight.gr. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Burke, Patrick (30 May 2023). "French double up and two neutrals medal at World Taekwondo Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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