Loriana Kuka

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NationalityKosovan
Born (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 28)
OccupationJudoka
Country Kosovo
Loriana Kuka
Personal information
NationalityKosovan
Born (1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 28)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Kosovo
SportJudo
Weight class–70 kg, –78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2020, 2024)
World Champ.Bronze (2019)
European Champ.Bronze (2019, 2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Kosovo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Tokyo78 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Minsk78 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2020 Prague78 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place2021 Doha78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2020 Budapest78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Abu Dhabi78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Baku78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2018 Antalya78 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Tashkent78 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Tbilisi78 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Tel Aviv78 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Marrakesh78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Almada78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Dushanbe70 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Győr78 kg
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran78 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF36151
JudoInside.com87072
Updated on 3 August 2024

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

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]

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