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Theodora Gkountoura
Gkountoura at the 2023 European Games
Personal information
Born (1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)
Athens, Greece
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Sport
CountryGreece
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
ClubA.O. Ariston Paianias
Highest ranking3rd (sabre, 2023)
Current rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Greece
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Individual
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków Individual
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Plovdiv Individual

Theodora Gkountoura (Greek: Θεοδώρα Γκουντούρα; born 14 March 1997) is a Greek sabre fencer.

She participated at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a bronze medal.[2][3] She won again the bronze medal at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, defeated in the semi-final by the world champion Misaki Emura by 15-14.[4]

She has won the silver medal in the Orléans Grand Prix 2021 and the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Seoul in 2023.[3]

As for the World Cup, she has won the bronze medal in Athens in 2020, the silver medal in Tbilisi in 2022, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2022, the silver medal in Tashkent in 2023, the bronze medal in Athens in 2023, the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2023, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2023 and the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2024.[3]

She has also won the bronze medal at the individual women's sabre event of the 2023 European Games[5]

So far, she has reached a career highest ranking of 3rd place in the 2021–2022 season.[3]

She has been a fencing athlete of AEK multi-sport club,[3][6] but she's currently an athlete of A.O. Ariston Paianias.[7][8] She has been 4 times champion in sabre in Greece.[9]

Medal record

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World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2019 Budapest, Hungary Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Milan, Italy Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

Grand Prix

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Year Location Event Position
2021 Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2023 Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 1st

World Cup

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Year Location Event Position
2020 Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2022 Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2022 Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2023 Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2024 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

European Games

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Year Location Event Position
2023 Kraków, Poland Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2023 Plovdiv, Bulgaria Individual Women's Sabre 3rd [10] [11]

National Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2016 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 2nd [9]
2017 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 3rd [9]
2018 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st [9]
2019 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st [9]
2020 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st [9]
2021 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st [9]

Personal

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Her paternal origin is from Krania, Elassona and her maternal hails from Garazo, Rethymno[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Δώρα Γκουντούρα: Με το σπαθί της" [Dora Gundura: With her sword]. tovima.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ^ 2019 World Fencing Championships ranking
  3. ^ a b c d e "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – GKOUNTOURA Theodora". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Misaki Emura defends women's sabre title at world championships". The Japan Times. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Fencing". European Games 2023. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2η στον κόσμο η Γκουντούρα!". ΑΕΚ – Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (in Greek). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Hellenic Ranking: 2022". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  8. ^ TEAM, ΦΩΣ. "Ξιφασκία: Ελληνικό "1–2" με Γεωργιάδου και Γκουντούρα στο Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο σπάθης στην Τασκένδη!". Fosonline.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ – Sabre Women's Senior άτομο". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  10. ^ Latest results - Results of European Championships - Seniors Individual Female - Sabre - Bulgaria - Plovdiv, European Fencing Confederation
  11. ^ ertnews.gr, Συντακτική ομάδα (4 July 2023). "Η παγκόσμια πρωταθλήτρια ξιφασκίας Δώρα Γκουντούρα στην ΕΡΤ (video)". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. ^ Δώρα Γκουντούρα: Η Ρεθεμνιώτισσα πρωταθλήτρια της ξιφασκίας «κατακτά» τον κόσμο! rethemnosnews.gr
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