Katarina Krišto
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| Born | 20 March 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 5th (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32 (2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 5th (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katarina Krišto (born 20 March 2002) is a Croatian judoka.[1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics where she reached the semi-final.
Career
[edit]Krišto is a member of the Dalmacijacement judo club in Kaštel Sućurac, within the town of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia. She has been coached consistently from a young age by Josip Barić, with their partnership being over ten years long by the time of the 2024 Olympic Games.[2]
She won a gold medal at the 2021 European Junior Judo Championships in 2021[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Judo Juniors Championships in Italy.[4]
In 2022, she had to overcome knee surgery but just two months later recorded a firth place at the World Junior Championships. Unfortunately, however, she suffered an elbow injury in the semi-finals of the championships, the rehabilitation from which took more than four months.[2]
In 2023, she triumphed at the 2023 Judo Grand Prix Dushanbe in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.[5] She won a bronze medal at the European Open in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2023.[3]
She had a fifth place finish at the 2024 European Judo Championships in the women's 63 kg category, in Zagreb.[6] She won a silver at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Paris in February 2024.[7] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya.[8] She then won gold at 2024 Judo Grand Slam Astana.[9]
She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's 63 kg.[10] She defeated Miku Takaichi on the way to reaching the semi-finals.[11] She was initially awarded the win in her bronze medal match against Laura Fazliu but her winning waza-ari score was overturned by the judges for a gripping infringement and a third shido gave the result in favour of Fazliu.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Katarina Krišto". Eurosport. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Katarina Krišto se plasirala na Olimpijske igre Pariz 2024". portal.hr. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Katarina Krišto". Judo Inside. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA KRIŠTO WINS BRONZE MEDAL AT WORLD JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP". Total Croatia News. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "KATARINA KRISTO AND IVA OBERAN STAND UP FOR CROATIA". judo inside. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "European Championships 2025: -63kg Preview". eju.net. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "KRISTO CAPTURES ATTENTION IN PARIS". eju.net. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "KRISTO ADDS TO CROATIA'S POT". eju.net. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "POHL, KRISTO, POLLING AND PINA WITH NEW MEMORIES". eju.net. 11 May 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Krišto rutinski odradila dvoboj prvoga kola. Iduća protivnica joj je neugodna Japanka". vecernji. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Noda, Hiroki (30 July 2024). "Olympics: Takanori Nagase wins back-to-back Olympic judo gold". kyodo.news.net. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "FAZLIU JOINS KOSOVO LEGACY". eju.net. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Katarina Krišto at the European Judo Union
- Katarina Krišto at the International Judo Federation
- Katarina Krišto at JudoInside.com
- Katarina Krišto at Olympics.com
- Katarina Krišto at The-Sports.org
- Katarina Krišto on Instagram
