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Irina Zaretska - Wikipedia

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Irina Zaretska

Zaretska in 2018

Personal information

Born

4 March 1996 (age 28)
Odesa, Ukraine

Sport

Country

Azerbaijan (since 2015)
Ukraine (until 2014)

Sport

Karate

Weight class

68 kg
+61 kg (Olympic Games)

Events

Kumite
Team kumite

Coached by

Denys Morozov

Medal record

Women's karate

Representing Ukraine
World Championships
	2014 Bremen	Kumite 68 kg
European Championships
	2014 Tampere	Team kumite
Representing Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	Kumite +61 kg
World Championships
	2018 Madrid	Kumite 68 kg
	2021 Dubai	Kumite 68 kg
	2023 Budapest	Kumite 68 kg
European Games
	2015 Baku	Kumite 68 kg
	2023 Kraków-Małopolska	Kumite 68 kg
	2019 Minsk	Kumite 68 kg
European Championships
	2016 Montpellier	Team kumite
	2021 Poreč	Kumite 68 kg
	2018 Novi Sad	Kumite 68 kg
	2023 Guadalajara	Kumite 68 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
	2017 Baku	Kumite 68 kg
	2021 Konya	Kumite 68 kg

Irina Zaretska (born 4 March 1996)^[1] is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2015) karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[2] She is a three-time gold medalist in the women's 68 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018, 2021 and 2023). Zaretska is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Islamic Solidarity Games (2017 and 2022) and the European Games (2015 and 2023).

Career

Zaretska won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany.^[3]^[4] At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.

At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event.^[5] In the final, she lost against Elena Quirici of Switzerland.^[5] She also became world champion in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[6]^[7]

In 2019, Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.^[8]^[9] Four years earlier, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[10]

Zaretska represented Azerbaijan in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[11]^[12] She won the silver medal in the women's +61 kg event.^[2] In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[13]^[14]

She competed in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.^[15] She also competed in the women's team kumite event.^[15] She lost her bronze medal match in the women's 68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.^[16] She won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.^[17]^[18]

Zaretska won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. A few months later, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[19]^[20] She also won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[21]^[22]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2014	European Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	Team kumite
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	3rd	Kumite 68 kg
2015	European Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	Kumite 68 kg
2016	European Championships	Montpellier, France	1st	Team kumite
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	Kumite 68 kg
2018	European Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	Kumite 68 kg
2018	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	Kumite 68 kg
2019	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	2nd	Kumite 68 kg
2021	European Championships	Poreč, Croatia	1st	Kumite 68 kg
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	Kumite +61 kg
	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	1st	Kumite 68 kg
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	Kumite 68 kg
2023	European Championships	Guadalajara, Spain	2nd	Kumite 68 kg
	European Games	Kraków and Małopolska, Poland	1st	Kumite 68 kg
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Kumite 68 kg

References

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^ ^a ^b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ Goddard, Emily (8 November 2014). "France and Egypt lead medals table at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2018 European Karate Championships" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^ Etchells, Daniel (14 June 2015). "Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". WKF.net. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ Morgan, Liam (20 November 2021). "Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2022 European Karate Championships Results Book". ucarecdn.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (18 August 2022). "Chusovitina, 47, rolls back years with vault gold on final day of Islamic Solidarity Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Karate Results Book". 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ Burke, Patrick (23 June 2023). "Spain strike with treble taekwondo triumph at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
^ "Celebration of values of Karate on final day of European Games". European Karate Federation. 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (28 October 2023). "Hárspataki loses dramatic final as Ukrainian shuns Russian on podium at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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