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Anna Korakaki

Anna Korakaki
Personal information
Nationality Greek
Born (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 20)
Drama, Greece
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country  Greece
Sport Shooting

Anna Korakaki (Greek: Άννα Κορακάκη, born 8 April 1996 in Drama, Greece) is a Greek shooter. She represented Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the 25m pistol and a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol. At the age of 20 and in just her maiden Olympic campaign, she became the first Greek woman to win two Olympic medals in the same competition and the first Greek athlete in general since 1912.

Korakaki has competed since 2009. She is with the Orion Shooting Club of Thessaloniki and she is coached by her father and retired shooter Tassos Korakakis. She is an undergraduate student in Special Education at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki.

Korakaki has been a member of the Greek national team since 2010. Distinguished results include:


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