Loriana Kuka

Loriana Kuka
Personal information
NationalityKosovan
Born (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Kosovo
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg, –78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2020, 2024)
World Champ. (2019)
European Champ. (2019, 2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Kosovo
World Championships
2019 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk ‍–‍78 kg
European Championships
2020 Prague ‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
2021 Doha ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2020 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Baku ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2018 Antalya ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍78 kg
2023 Almada ‍–‍78 kg
2023 Dushanbe ‍–‍70 kg
European U23 Championships
2018 Győr ‍–‍78 kg
Mediterranean Games
2022 Oran ‍–‍78 kg
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

Source:[6]

2018
Grand Prix − 78 kg, Antalya
Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tashkent
Mediterranean Games − 78 kg, Tarragona
2019
Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tel Aviv
Grand Prix − 78 kg, Marrakech
Grand Prix − 78 kg, Tbilisi
European Games − 78 kg, Minsk
World Championships− 78 kg, Tokyo

References

  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.