Bronze medal for Kitsiou at the U21 European Taekwondo Championship

As it happened in 2022 in Tirana, so also on Wednesday in Sarajevo, Agoritsa-Artemia Kitsiou won the bronze medal in the +73 kg category at the U21 European Taekwondo Championships held in Bosnia, thus opening the account of distinctions for… Greek delegation in the event that brings together 603 sportsmen and women.

Kitsiu, ninth at the European Women’s Championships last May in Belgrade and No-37 in the world rankings, reached the semi-finals with three straight wins. She prevailed 2-0 over the Cypriot Costa, 2-0 over the German Husovich and 2-1 over the Russian Mikhailova, who competes as an independent.

In her match to enter the final, she was defeated 2-0 by Turkala Cavuktsuoglu, the 2019 world champion in girls.

It should be noted that Kitsio’s medal is the 36th for Greek Olympic taekwondo since 2012.

The Greek presence at the premiere of the event:

+73 kg

Semi-finals: Ag. Art. Kitsiu vs Cavuktsuoglu (Turkey) 0-2 (4-15, 4-9)

Quarterfinals: Ag. Art. Kitsiu vs Mihailova (Russia/AIN) 2-1 (10-11, 11-10, 2-2)

Round 16: Ag. Art. Kitsiu vs Husovich (Germany) 2-0 (4-0, 3-2)

Round 32: Costa (Cyprus) vs Ag. Art. Kitsiu 0-2 (0-12, 0-14)

-57 kg

Round of 16: Repoulia vs Kostenevich (Ukraine) 1-2 (6-6, 1-14, 6-10)

Round 32: Repulia vs Basirova (Azerbaijan) 2-0 (1-0, 7-7)

-54 kg

Round 16: Trantafyllakis vs Gelaldi (Turkey) 0-2 (13-26, 6-18)

Round 32: Triantafyllakis vs Kavalic (Bosnia/Herzegovina) 2-0 (21-8, 20-7)

Round 64: Triantafyllakis vs Zivarski (Poland) 2-1 (18-22, 16-7, 21-9)

-54 kg

Round 16: Kafataridis vs Dadasov (Azerbaijan) 0-2 (5-9, 8-14)

Round 32: Kafataridis vs Otero (Spain) 2-0 (13-1, 11-3)

Round 64: Kafataridis vs Davila (Spain) no contest

-74 kg

Round 32: Antoniadis vs Visotin (Russia/AIN) 1-2 (7-14, 9-8, 12-17)

Round 64: Davason (N. Faroes) vs Antoniadis 0-2 (6-8, 6-8)

-54 kg

Round 32: Pssarros vs Agenios 0-2 (13-17, 8-9)

Round 64: Pssarros vs Miakel (Sweden) 2-0 (14-1, 15-3)

+73 kg

Round 32: Bas. Kitsiu vs Perales (Spain) 0-2 (4-13, 6-10)

+73 kg

Round 32: Leon (Spain) vs Georgaraki Chaldaiopoulou 2-0 (19-8, 16-10)

-74 kg

Round 32: Melanifidis vs Amri (France) 0-2 (8-9, 2-12)

-57 kg

Round 32: Stupak (Ukraine) vs Kriatsiotis 2-0 (8-4, 8-4)

-57 kg

Round 64: M. Geli vs Smirnova (Russia/AIN) 1-2 (2-0, 0-11, 4-6)

-54 kg

Round 64: Melikian (Armenia) vs Klekouras 2-0 (13-3, 17-4)

-54 kg

Round 64: Dadashov (Azerbaijan) vs Dermanis 2-0 (15-13, 14-3)