Theodora Gkountoura (born 14 March 1997) is a Greek sabre fencer.
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 Theodora Gkountoura at the 2023 European Games. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 March 1997 Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | A.O. Ariston Paianias | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 3rd (sabre, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She participated at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a bronze medal.[2][3] She won again the bronze medal at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, defeated in the semi-final by the world champion Misaki Emura by 15-14.[4]
She has won the silver medal in the Orléans Grand Prix 2021 and the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Seoul in 2023.[3]
As for the World Cup, she has won the bronze medal in Athens in 2020, the silver medal in Tbilisi in 2022, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2022, the silver medal in Tashkent in 2023, the bronze medal in Athens in 2023, the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2023, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2023 and the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2024.[3]
She has also won the bronze medal at the individual women's sabre event of the 2023 European Games[5]
So far, she has reached a career highest ranking of 3rd place in the 2021–2022 season.[3]
She has been a fencing athlete of AEK multi-sport club,[3][6] but she's currently an athlete of A.O. Ariston Paianias.[7][8] She has been 4 times champion in sabre in Greece.[9]
Medal record edit
World Championship edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
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| 2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2023 | Milan, Italy | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
Grand Prix edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Orléans, France | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd |
| 2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st |
World Cup edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Athens, Greece | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2022 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd |
| 2022 | Algiers, Algeria | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2023 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd |
| 2023 | Athens, Greece | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2023 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2023 | Algiers, Algeria | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
| 2024 | Sint-Niklaas, Belgium | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
European Games edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kraków, Poland | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd |
European Championship edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd [10] [11] |
National Championship edit
| Year | Location | Event | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 2nd [9] |
| 2017 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 3rd [9] |
| 2018 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st [9] |
| 2019 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st [9] |
| 2020 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st [9] |
| 2021 | OAKA, Athens | Individual Women's Sabre | 1st [9] |
References edit
- ^ "Δώρα Γκουντούρα: Με το σπαθί της" [Dora Gundura: With her sword]. tovima.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ 2019 World Fencing Championships ranking
- ^ a b c d e "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – GKOUNTOURA Theodora". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Misaki Emura defends women's sabre title at world championships". The Japan Times. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Fencing". European Games 2023. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "2η στον κόσμο η Γκουντούρα!". ΑΕΚ – Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (in Greek). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ "Hellenic Ranking: 2022". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ TEAM, ΦΩΣ. "Ξιφασκία: Ελληνικό "1–2" με Γεωργιάδου και Γκουντούρα στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο σπάθης στην Τασκένδη!". Fosonline.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ – Sabre Women's Senior άτομο". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Latest results - Results of European Championships - Seniors Individual Female - Sabre - Bulgaria - Plovdiv, European Fencing Confederation
- ^ ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (4 July 2023). "Η παγκόσμια πρωταθλήτρια ξιφασκίας Δώρα Γκουντούρα στην ΕΡΤ (video)". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
