Elena Quirici

Elena Quirici (born 16 February 1994) is a Swiss karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China. She is a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships and an eight-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Karate Championships.

Quirici represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's +61kg event. She lost two matches and drew one match in the elimination round and she did not advance to the semi-finals.

Quirici won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. Four years earlier, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In March 2020, Quirici was scheduled to represent Switzerland in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification. In June 2021, she was able to regain her qualification status at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France. At the Olympics, Quirici finished in third place in her pool during the pool stage in the women's +61kg event and she did not advance to compete in the semifinals. In November 2021, she competed in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where she was eliminated in her third match by Alisa Buchinger of Austria.

Quirici competed in the women's kumite 68kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medalist Vasiliki Panetsidou of Greece.

Quirici won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She defeated Irina Zaretska of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match. A few months later, Quirici lost against Irina Zaretska in the final of the women's 68kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. She won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

Quirici won the silver medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68kg event at the 2025 European Karate Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. Quirici won the gold medal in the women's 68kg event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China. She defeated Irina Zaretska of Azerbaijan in her gold medal match.

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