Alessandra Mangiacapra

Alessandra Mangiacapra
	Mangiacapra at the 2023 European Games
Personal information
Born	10 July 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Karate
Weight class	61 kg
Events	Kumite; Team kumite;
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing Italy
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
Mediterranean Games

Alessandra Mangiacapra (born 10 July 1999)^[1] is an Italian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[2] She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[3]

Career

Mangiacapra won the silver medal in her event at the 2019 World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships held in Santiago, Chile.^[4] She lost against Gwendoline Philippe of France in the final.^[4]

In 2021, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia.^[5] A few months later, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[6]^[7] Mangiacapra also competed in the women's 61 kg event where she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Ingrida Suchánková of Slovakia.^[7]

Mangiacapra competed in the women's 61 kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey where she was eliminated in her first match.^[8] A month later, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[3]

In 2023, Italy won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. She also competed in the women's kumite 61 kg event. A few months later, Mangiacapra won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[2] She finished in second place in her pool and she then lost in the semifinals against eventual gold medalist Reem Khamis of Germany. In the same year, she competed in the women's 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[9]

Year	Competition	Location	Rank	Event
2021	European Championships	Poreč, Croatia	3rd	Team kumite
2021	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3rd	Team kumite
2022	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	3rd	Kumite 61 kg
2023	European Championships	Guadalajara, Spain	3rd	Team kumite
2023	European Games	Kraków and Małopolska, Poland	3rd	Kumite 61 kg

^ "Women's 61 kg Entry List" (PDF). European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b Morgan, Liam (27 October 2019). "Egypt top medals table at WKF Cadet, Junior and Under-21 Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "2021 European Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Morgan, Liam (21 November 2021). "Egypt dethrone France as Japan sweep kata titles at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "2022 European Karate Championships Results". Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.