Alexandra Recchia

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Alexandra Recchia (born 25 October 1988){{Cite web|title=Entry List by NOC|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/nh/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106215132/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/nh/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|archive-date=6 January 2021|access-date=6 January 2021|website=2017 World Games}} is a French karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.

Career

Recchia won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2008 World Karate Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, she won the gold medal in this event at the World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2012, Recchia won the gold medal in the women's team kumite and the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg events at the World Karate Championships held in Paris, France.

At the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia, Recchia won the silver medal in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists by Event|url=https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815221055/https://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C93_9.0.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2013 World Games}} In the final, she lost against Serap Özçelik of Turkey. In that same year, Recchia also won the bronze medal in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2013 World Combat Games held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite news|date=4 November 2013|title=SportAccord World Combat Games 2013|work=World Karate Federation|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/sportaccord-world-combat-games/18/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605175515/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/sportaccord-world-combat-games/18/|archive-date=5 June 2019}}

In 2017, Recchia won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Games in Wrocław, Poland.{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Winters|first=Max|date=25 July 2017|title=The Netherlands claim ninth World Games korfball title in a row|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1053246/the-netherlands-claim-ninth-world-games-korfball-title-in-a-row|access-date=2 May 2020}} In the final, she defeated Miho Miyahara of Japan. In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia.

In 2021, Recchia competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2021|website=World Karate Federation}} She won her first three matches and she was then eliminated in the quarterfinals by Jennifer Warling of Luxembourg.

Personal life

She earned a master's degree in law in 2012.{{Cite news|first=Mike|last=Rowbottom|date=18 February 2021|title=Five-time karate world champion Recchia working as employment lawyer before sport's Olympic debut|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1104442/tokyo-2020-karate-recchia-lawyer-france|access-date=2 March 2021}} In 2016, she earned her practising certificate.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2008 \|World Championships \|Tokyo, Japan \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
2010 \|World Championships \|Belgrade, Serbia \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Team kumite
rowspan=2 \| 2012 \|rowspan=2 \| World Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Paris, France \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Team kumite
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=5 \| 2013 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kumite
Mediterranean Games \|Mersin, Turkey \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
World Games \|Cali, Colombia \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
World Combat Games \|Saint Petersburg, Russia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=2 \| 2014 \|rowspan=2 \| World Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Bremen, Germany \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kumite
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=2 \| 2015 \|European Championships \|Istanbul, Turkey \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
European Games \|Baku, Azerbaijan \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=4 \| 2016 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Montpellier, France \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=2 \| World Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Linz, Austria \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Team kumite
bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=2 \| 2017 \|European Championships \|İzmit, Turkey \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
World Games \|Wrocław, Poland \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
2018 \|European Championships \|Novi Sad, Serbia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg
2021 \|European Championships \|Poreč, Croatia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

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Competition

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Rank

Event

2008

|World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Team kumite

2010