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Meet Anna Korakaki, the first Greek woman to win two medals at the same Olympics when she won 25m pistol gold and 10m air pistol bronze!

Anna KORAKAKI

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Anna Korakaki (GRE)

Anna Korakaki’s Olympic journey in pictures.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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The Inside Track with Anna Korakaki

Highlights from day 5 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

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Postcards from Rio - Day 5: girl power

All the Olympic highlights from Greece, set to the national anthem.

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National anthem: The best of Greece in Rio

Gold: Anna Korakaki (GRE)
Silver: Monika Karsch (GER)
Bronze: Heidi Diethelm Gerber (SUI)

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Shooting: Women's 25m Pistol Qual and Final | Rio 2016 Replays

Gold: Zhang Mengxue (CHN)
Silver: Vitalina Batsarashkina (RUS)
Bronze: Anna Korakaki (GRE)

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Shooting: Women's 10m Air Pistol Qual and Final | Rio 2016 Replays

Greece's Anna Korakaki wins the first gold medal for Greece since 2004 in the 25m pistol event at Rio 2016.

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Korakaki wins first gold medal for Greece since 2004

Twenty-year-old Anna Korakaki wins gold for Greece in the women's 25m pistol gold-medal match in Rio 2016.

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Gold for Greece in Women's 25m Pistol

China's Mengxue Zhang, a newcomer to shooting, wins gold in the women's 10m air pistol.

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China's Zhang wins gold in Women's 10m Air Pistol

Highlights of the women's 25m pistol shooting final on Day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre.

Highlights

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Women's 25m Pistol Final - Shooting | Rio 2016 Highlights

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Sweden

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Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Anna

There will be 170 men and 170 women competing across the shooting disciplines at Paris 2024. The total of 340 shooters will compete across 15 medal events at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, where the shooting competitions take place from 27 July to 5 August.
Chateauroux will be the venue

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 26: Vincent Hancock of Team United States during Skeet Men's Qualification on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 26, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan.  (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The first medal at Paris 2024 Olympics will be awarded in shooting

Shooting at Paris 2024 Olympics: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live

Olympic champion Jiang Ranxin shot back to the top of the podium at the 2023 ISSF World Championships, winning gold in the women's 10m Air Pistol on Thursday (17 August), live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com. She also secured China an Olympic quota in the shooting discipline for Paris 2024.

Shooting | Olympic Qualifier | World Championship | Baku

Jiang Ranxin won her first individual world medal at the 2023 ISSF World Championships and also secured China an Olympic berth in the women's 10m Air Pistol.

Jiang wins women's 10m Air Pistol and Olympic quota for China, with Hungary, Republic of Korea, Vietnam also getting Paris 2024 spots

Serbian shooting ace Damir Mikec hit the jackpot at the 2023 European Championships 10m winning the air pistol gold medal and earning a Paris 2024 Olympic quota in Tallinn, Estonia, on Friday (10 March).
The Olympic silver medallist came from behind in the final duel against Azerbaijan’s Ruslan Lunev to

Shooting | Olympic Qualifier | European Championship 10m | Tallinn

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 24: Damir Mikec of Team Serbia during finals of the 10m Air Pistol Men's event on day one of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 24, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Damir Mikec

2023 European Championships 10m: Damir Mikec and Anna Korakaki strike air pistol gold

Eight tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympics in the sport of shooting are on offer at the 2023 European Championships 10m that are taking place between 5th and 12th March in Tallinn, Estonia.
The event begins with the competitions for the junior shooters, before the seniors start their campaigns on

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 25: The finals of the 10m Air Pistol Women's event on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 25, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

European Championships 10m 

2023 European Championships 10m: Preview, schedule, and how to watch pistol and rifle shooting stars in Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier

China's Lu Kaiman pulled off a major upset, beating reigning world champion Anna Korakaki of Greece 16-10 in the women's 10m air pistol final at the 2022 ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.
Korakaki was the top shooter in the ranking match to earn her place in

Shooting | Olympic Qualifier | World Championship Rifle/Pistol | Cairo

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 25: Anna Korakaki of Team Greece during the finals of the 10m Air Pistol Women's event on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 25, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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China's Lu Kaiman beats Olympic champion Anna Korakaki for women's 10m air pistol world title

Anna Korakaki holds a special place in Olympic history.
The pistol shooter became the first Greek athlete ever to win two medals at the same Games when she took home gold and bronze from Rio 2016.
But her name will forever be associated with an even more unique moment -

Shooting | Olympic Qualifier | European Championship 25m/50m | Wrocław

Meet Anna Korakaki - The dog-loving torchlighting trailblazer who went from Youth Olympic heartbreak to an historic Games shooting gold

The Greek leg of the Torch Relay taking the Olympic flame to the Tokyo 2022 Games has been cut short by organisers
On Friday (13th March), the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) said in a statement that the reason for cancelling several days of the relay was the presence of large

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020 torch relay begins in Olympia

Greek leg of Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay curtailed

After the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia, IOC President Thomas Bach proclaimed it a "strong signal" of his and Japan's commitment to making Tokyo 2020 "a great success". Bach also admitted qualification for the Olympic Games was "a challenge" but says the IOC is working closely with International Federations, NOCs and athletes to adapt the system "wherever necessary".

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Bach "fully committed" to Tokyo 2020

The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia on Thursday (12 March) ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The traditional ceremony, with the flame lit by the sun's rays, saw Greece's Olympic shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki became the first woman to start the Olympic Torch Relay.
She then handed

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Flame lighting confirms IOC commitment to "delivering safe Olympic Games in July"

WATCH: Lighting Ceremony takes place in Ancient Olympia as gold medallist Anna Korakaki of Greece becomes the first female to start an Olympic Torch Relay, before passing the flame to Noguchi Mizuki on the journey to Japan and the start of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

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Olympic flame lit as torchbearer Korakaki starts relay to Tokyo 2020 Games

Paris 2024

Tokyo 2020

Rio 2016

Korakaki wins gold miles ahead of the other competitors Kim and Kostevych

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Korakaki wins gold - miles ahead of the other competitors

Close to her second gold of the Shooting: ISSF World Cup Final, Anna Korakaki misses out on gold to Alejandra Zavala Vazquez

Anna KORAKAKI

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Anna Korakaki (GRE)

The Inside Track with Anna Korakaki

Postcards from Rio - Day 5: girl power

Anna KORAKAKI
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Anna KORAKAKI

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Anna Korakaki (GRE)

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