Theopoula Sarvanaki
Greek taekwondo practitioner
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Theopoula “Thenia" Sarvanaki (born 23 August 2004) is a Greek Taekwondo practitioner. She was a silver medalist at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships.
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| Nationality | Greek | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Theopoula Sarvanaki 23 August 2004[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Welterweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Born in Thessaloniki, she started taekwondo at the age of five years-old.[2]
Career
Junior
A successful junior, she won gold at the European Championships in the 55 kg category in Spain in 2018.[3] She finished as runner-up in the −63 kg division at 2021 European Junior Taekwondo Championships in Sarajevo, losing out to Hungarian Viviana Marton in the final.[4][5]
Senior
Stepping up to the senior ranks, she was fifth at the Manchester Grand Prix in May 2022.[6] She was a silver medalist in the Women's lightweight division at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara, aged 18 years-old.[7][8] She reached the final with a victory against Feruza Sadikova, but was defeated in the final by Belgian Sarah Chaari.[9] In October 2022, she won the Dutch Open. She dedicated the win to her compatriot and twice Olympic medalist Alexandros Nikolaidis who had died shortly beforehand.[10]
In February 2023, she won gold at the Presidents Cup in Antalya, Turkey, defeating the 2022 European Champion Jone Magdaleno of Spain in the final.[11] That month, she was selected for the 2023 European Games in Kraków.[12]
In May 2023, she won gold at the European Club Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She did so without losing a single round in her four victorious matches.[13] Later that month, she competed at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku where she lost to eventual winner Magda Wiet-Hénin.[14]
In October 2025, she was selected to compete at the 2025 World Taekwondo Championships in Wuxi, China, in October 2025, in the women's lightweight division.[15][16]