Hedvig Karakas

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Hedvig Karakas
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 35)
Szolnok, Hungary
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryHungary
SportJudo
Weight class–57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2012)
World Champ.Bronze (2009)
European Champ.Gold (2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 Rotterdam57 kg
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Baku57 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Prague57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Tbilisi57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Vienna57 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place2010 Suwon57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Guadalajara57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place2009 Moscow57 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Düsseldorf57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Paris57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Tokyo57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Baku57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2020 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Tel Aviv57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Astana57 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Tashkent57 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Miami57 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Zagreb57 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Havana57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Tunis57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2011 Baku57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Samsun57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Havana57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Düsseldorf57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tbilisi57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Zagreb57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Zagreb57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Marrakesh57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Budapest57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tel Aviv57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Paris57 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Yerevan57 kg
Silver medal – second place2007 Prague57 kg
Silver medal – second place2008 Warsaw57 kg
Bronze medal – third place2005 Zagreb52 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Salzburg52 kg
Gold medal – first place2006 Miskolc52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF250
JudoInside.com35943
Updated on 21 May 2023

Hedvig Karakas (born 21 February 1990) is a Hungarian judoka.[1] She is a World Championship bronze medalist, and multi-time European medalist (silver in 2015, and bronze in 2009 and 2010).[2] She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4] She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

In 2009, she won bronze at the World Championships, and the gold medal at the World Junior Championships.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she beat Concepción Bellorín by uchi-mata, then beat future Olympic gold medalist Rafaela Silva, before losing to Corina Căprioriu. Because Căprioriu reached the final, Karakas was entered into the repechage. There she beat Irina Zabludina but lost her bronze medal match to Automne Pavia.[4] At the 2016 Olympics, Karakas beat Rushana Nurjavova and Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard before losing to Rafaela Silva. As Silva reached the final, Karakas was entered into the repechage, where she lost to Lien Chen-ling.[4]

References

  1. "Hedvig Karakas". judoinside. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Telma Monteiro grabs her fifth European title defeating Hedvig Karakas". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. "London 2012: Hedvig Karakas". London 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sports Reference: Hedvig Karakas". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.