Giana Farouk

Giana Farouk

Personal information

Born

10 December 1994 (age 29)

Sport

Country

Egypt

Sport

Karate

Weight class

61 kg

Events

Kumite
Team kumite

Medal record

Women's karate

Representing Egypt
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Kumite 61 kg
World Championships
	2014 Bremen	Kumite 61 kg
	2014 Bremen	Team kumite
	2016 Linz	Kumite 61 kg
	2016 Linz	Team kumite
	2018 Madrid	Kumite 61 kg
	2018 Madrid	Team kumite
African Games
	2015 Brazzaville	Kumite 61 kg
	2019 Rabat	Kumite 61 kg
	2015 Brazzaville	Team kumite
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2013 Palembang	Kumite 61 kg
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	Kumite 61 kg
	2018 Tarragona	Kumite 61 kg

Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy (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]^[2] She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships.^[3] She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.

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Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.^[4]^[5]

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.^[6] 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.^[7]^[8]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.^[9] 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.^[10]

She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.^[11]^[12]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Achievements

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
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	3rd	Team kumite
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

References

^ ^a ^b Barker, Philip (6 August 2021). "World champion Kiyuna wins first men's Olympic kata title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ Morgan, Liam (13 August 2016). "Agier lays down marker with victory over rival Buchinger at World University Karate Championship". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "2016 World University Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ "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.
^ "2019 African Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "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.
^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.