Alexandra Recchia

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 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 kg event.^[2] In the final, she lost against Serap Özçelik of Turkey.^[2] In that same year, Recchia also won the bronze medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the 2013 World Combat Games held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[3]

In 2017, Recchia won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Games in Wrocław, Poland.^[4][5] In the final, she defeated Miho Miyahara of Japan.^[4] In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 50 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.^[6] She won her first three matches and she was then eliminated in the quarterfinals by Jennifer Warling of Luxembourg.^[6]

She earned a master's degree in law in 2012.^[7] In 2016, she earned her practising certificate.^[7]