Giana Farouk

Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy (Egyptian Arabic: جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي; born 10 December 1994) is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.^[1][2] She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships.^[3] She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.

Giana Farouk

Farouk in 2018
Personal information
Native name	جيانا محمد فاروق لطفي
Full name	Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy
Born	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Country	Egypt
Sport	Karate
Weight class	61 kg
Events	Kumite Team kumite
Medal record Women's karate Representing  Egypt Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Kumite 61 kg World Championships 2014 Bremen Kumite 61 kg 2014 Bremen Team kumite 2016 Linz Kumite 61 kg 2016 Linz Team kumite 2018 Madrid Kumite 61 kg 2018 Madrid Team kumite African Games 2015 Brazzaville Kumite 61 kg 2019 Rabat Kumite 61 kg 2015 Brazzaville Team kumite Islamic Solidarity Games 2013 Palembang Kumite 61 kg Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Kumite 61 kg 2018 Tarragona Kumite 61 kg

Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal.^[4][5]

In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.^[6] In that same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[7][8]

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.^[9] She represented Egypt at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event.^[10]

She represented Egypt at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate.^[11][12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event.^[1][2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	Kumite 61 kg
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	1st	Kumite 61 kg
2014	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	1st	Kumite 61 kg
			1st	Team kumite
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	Kumite 61 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
2016	World Championships	Linz, Austria	1st	Kumite 61 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	2nd	Kumite 61 kg
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
			3rd	Team kumite
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
2021	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Kumite 61 kg