Loriana Kuka

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

Loriana Kuka

Personal information
Nationality	Kosovan
Born	(1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 28)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Kosovo
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–70 kg, –78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	R16 (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
IJF	36151
JudoInside.com	87072
Updated on 3 August 2024

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