Giana Farouk


Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. 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.
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Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 61kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.
In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. 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.
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. 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 61kg event.
She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61kg event.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey1stKumite 61kg
2013Islamic Solidarity GamesPalembang, Indonesia1stKumite 61kg
2014World ChampionshipsBremen, Germany1stKumite 61kg
2014World ChampionshipsBremen, Germany1stTeam kumite
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo1stKumite 61kg
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo3rdTeam kumite
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria1stKumite 61kg
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria3rdTeam kumite
2018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain2ndKumite 61kg
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rdKumite 61kg
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rdTeam kumite
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco3rdKumite 61kg
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo, Japan3rdKumite 61kg