Silvia Semeraro

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| birth_place = Faggiano, Italy{{Cite web |title=SILVIA SEMERARO |url=https://tokyo2020.coni.it/it/italia-team/scheda_atleta/2113-SILVIA_SEMERARO.html |access-date=13 June 2021 |website=tokyo2020.coni.it}}

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Silvia Semeraro (born 2 May 1996){{cite web|url=http://www.tarragona2018.coni.it/it/azzurri/scheda_atleta/978-Silvia_Semeraro.html|title=Giochi del Mediterraneo Tarragona 2018 – Silvia Semeraro|work=tarragona2018.coni.it|publisher=Italian National Olympic Committee|accessdate=13 May 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109215430/http://www.tarragona2018.coni.it/it/azzurri/scheda_atleta/978-Silvia_Semeraro.html|archivedate=9 November 2019|language=Italian}} is an Italian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081403/spain-take-three-golds-on-opening-day-of-karate-competition-at-minsk-2019|title=Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=29 June 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=1 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119144820/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081403/spain-take-three-golds-on-opening-day-of-karate-competition-at-minsk-2019|archive-date=19 November 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2019 European Games}} She won the silver medal in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Semeraro represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=16 July 2021|title=Italian karate team for Tokyo 2020 revealed at CONI reception|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110257/karate-tokyo-2020-italy-olympics|access-date=20 July 2021}} She competed in the women's +61{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Career

File:K1PL Berlin 2018-09-16 Female Kumite –68 kg 13.jpg

At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won the silver medal in the team kumite event and one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/ekf-senior-resultados-53rd-ekf-senior-championships-novi-sad-serbia-may-10-13-001.pdf|title=2018 European Karate Championships|website=World Karate Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420004503/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/ekf-senior-resultados-53rd-ekf-senior-championships-novi-sad-serbia-may-10-13-001.pdf|archive-date=20 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}} A month later, Semeraro won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain.{{Cite news |date=24 June 2018 |title=Turkey top medal table of Mediterranean Games |work=World Karate Federation |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/turkey-top-medal-table-of-mediterranean-games/743 |access-date=22 August 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/-resultados-mediterranean-games-003.pdf|title=2018 Mediterranean Games|website=World Karate Federation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426191043/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/-resultados-mediterranean-games-003.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2020|access-date=26 April 2020}}

In 2021, Semeraro qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109023/final-six-karate-places-decided-olympics|title=Gaysinsky among last six karateka to qualify for Tokyo 2020 after Canada protest|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=13 June 2021|website=Inside the Games|publisher=Dunsar Media|access-date=13 June 2021}}{{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}} At the Olympics, she finished in third place in her pool during the pool stage in the women's +61 kg event and she did not advance to compete in the semifinals. In October 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus.{{Cite news|date=25 October 2021|title=Olympians dominate Mediterranean Championships|work=World Karate Federation|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-dominate-mediterranean-championships/1719|access-date=16 November 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116112906/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/469/ResultBook_469_20211024_191314_compressed.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|website=Sportdata}} In November 2021, Semeraro won the silver medal in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=20 November 2021|title=Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115725/olympic-gold-star-karate-world-champs|access-date=20 November 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=World Karate Federation}} She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=21 November 2021|title=Egypt dethrone France as Japan sweep kata titles at Karate World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115789/egypt-stun-france-team-gold-karate|access-date=21 November 2021}}

Semeraro competed in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.{{Cite web |title=2022 European Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://ucarecdn.com/d03cb6fd-5ad5-43b0-864c-f08e1e001d43/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710151049/https://ucarecdn.com/d03cb6fd-5ad5-43b0-864c-f08e1e001d43/ |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=23 August 2022 |website=ucarecdn.com}} She won the silver medal in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=27 June 2022 |title=Karate victories give Egypt first gold medals of Mediterranean Games |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1125000/oran-2022-mediterranean-games |access-date=27 June 2022}}{{Cite news |date=28 June 2022 |title=Two golds for Egypt on final day of Karate at Mediterranean Games |work=World Karate Federation |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/two-golds-for-egypt-on-final-day-of-karate-at-mediterranean-games/1976 |access-date=28 June 2022}} In the final, she lost against Feryal Abdelaziz of Egypt.{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2022 |access-date=5 July 2022 |website=2022 Mediterranean Games}} Semeraro won the gold medal in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.{{Cite news |title=New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 |date=10 July 2022 |work=World Karate Federation |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |url-status=live |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |access-date=10 July 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}}

Semeraro won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
rowspan=3 \| 2018 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Novi Sad, Serbia \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Team kumite
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
Mediterranean Games \|Tarragona, Spain \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=3 \| 2019 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Guadalajara, Spain \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
European Games \|Minsk, Belarus \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=3 \| 2021 \|European Championships \|Poreč, Croatia \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
rowspan=2 \| World Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite
rowspan=2 \| 2022 \|Mediterranean Games \|Oran, Algeria \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
World Games \|Birmingham, United States \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
rowspan=2 \| 2023 \|rowspan=2 \| European Championships \|rowspan=2 \| Guadalajara, Spain \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Kumite 68{{nbsp}}kg
bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|Team kumite

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Competition

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rowspan=3 | 2018

|rowspan=2 | European Championships

|rowspan=2 | Novi Sad, Serbia

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Team kumite

bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd