QUIRICI Elena

World Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -61kg	Kumite -68kg	Team Kumite
2018	Madrid, ESP	-	9	5
2016	Linz, AUT	-	19	13
2014	Bremen, GER	-	21	-
2012	Paris, FRA	3	-	-

European Games

Year	Location	Kumite -68kg
2019	Minsk, BLR	3

European Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -68kg	Team Kumite
2021	Porec, CRO	19	11
2019	Guadalajara, ESP	2	19
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	1	1
2017	Samsun, TUR	5	13

Karate 1 Premier League - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	Kumite -68kg	Rabat, MAR
1	2019	Kumite -68kg	Paris, FRA
1	2018	Kumite -68kg	Istanbul, TUR
2	2020/2021	Kumite -68kg	Lisbon, POR
2	2018	Kumite -68kg	Tokyo, JPN
2	2017	Kumite -68kg	Dubai, UAE
3	2020/2021	Kumite -68kg	Dubai, UAE
3	2019	Kumite -68kg	Madrid, ESP
3	2019	Kumite -68kg	Shanghai, CHN
5	2018	Kumite -68kg	Berlin, GER
5	2017	Kumite -68kg	Paris, FRA

Karate 1 Series A - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2017	Kumite -68kg	Istanbul, TUR
2	2019	Kumite -68kg	Santiago, CHI
2	2019	Kumite -68kg	Salzburg, AUT
3	2019	Kumite -68kg	Istanbul, TUR
3	2017	Kumite -68kg	Salzburg, AUT
5	2018	Kumite -68kg	Shanghai, CHN
5	2017	Kumite -68kg	Okinawa, JPN
11	2017	Kumite -68kg	Toledo, ESP
36	2018	Kumite -68kg	Salzburg, AUT

Athlete

Partner Raul Cuerva Mora

English, German

David Baumann [national]; Brigitte Quirici [mother, personal]

Her partner Raul Cuerva Mora has represented Spain in karate and won bronze in the team kumite event at the 2019 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain. (Instagram profile, 17 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Apr 2020)

She took up karate at age four. (wkf.net, 11 May 2018)

Her mother Brigitte is a karate teacher. "When I was two years old, I was already watching karate. I would watch her [Brigitte] training and it ended up becoming my life. Then, a moment came when I said 'now I will do this' and that's how it all started." (wkf.net, 11 May 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (blick.ch, 20 Dec 2018)

Coach David Baumann. "I actually owe him everything I've achieved so far. He sacrifices all his time and strength for our success." (elenaquirici.ch, 19 Mar 2020)

"I am very goal-oriented and do not allow myself to be distracted from my goals. Discipline, respect, appreciation and friendship are very important to me. The results show that despite illnesses and injuries, I can raise my achievements and win important medals. My former headmaster said at graduation that if 'focus' didn't have a name yet, it would be Elena. I have my goals and I will do everything I can to achieve them." (elenaquirici.ch, 19 Mar 2020)

In 2018 and 2019 she was named Athlete of the Year Award in Aargau, Switzerland. (srf.ch, 06 Mar 2020)