Loriana Kuka

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Loriana Kuka
Personal information
NationalityKosovan
Born (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 27)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Kosovo
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg, –78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2020, 2024)
World Champ.Bronze (2019)
European Champ.Bronze (2019, 2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Kosovo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk ‍–‍78 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Prague ‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baku ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2018 Antalya ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Almada ‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Dushanbe ‍–‍70 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Győr ‍–‍78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran ‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF36151
JudoInside.com87072
Updated on 3 August 2024

Loriana Kuka (born 5 April 1997) is a Kosovan judoka. She won Judo Grand Prix in Tbilisi (2019), Tashkent (2018) and Antalya (2018). She represented Kosovo at the 2019 European Games in Minsk[1] and won the bronze medal in ‍–‍78 kg. She won the bronze medal in the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[2][3] She competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

She won the gold medal in the women's 78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5]

Medals record

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Source:[6]

2018
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grand Prix − 78 kg, Antalya
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tashkent
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mediterranean Games − 78 kg, Tarragona
2019
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tel Aviv
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grand Prix − 78 kg, Marrakech
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tbilisi
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) European Games − 78 kg, Minsk
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) World Championships− 78 kg, Tokyo

References

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  1. ^ "International Judo Federation". Judobase. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. ^ Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Loriana Kuka, Judoka, Judobase". Retrieved 24 June 2019.
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