Many famous birthdays at 21 February. For instance Hungarian star Karakas Hedvig as well as Israelian lightweight Shira Rishony. Check out the most famous athletes of all time born today
Hedvig Karakas is one of the finest Hungarian judoka who won bronze at the Grand Slam Tokyo in 2015. She became European Champion in 2020 in Prague. As World Junior Champion, Karakas won bronze at the 2009 World Championships and was fifth at the 2012 Olympic Games, and was seventh in Rio and seventh at the 2015 Worlds. She claimed the gold medals at the Grand Prix in Astana (2014) and Tashkent (2019) and won 27 IJF World Tour medals in total including IJF Masters, Grand Slam medals in Paris and Tokyo. She made her comeback at the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv in her new weight category U63kg.
Israelian lightweight Shira Rishony finished fifth at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She opened 2019 with a victory at the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv. She won the Grand Prix in Tashkent in 2013 and European Open in Tallinn in 2014. She won a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2017. She clinched a bronze medal at the Grand Prix in Hohhot and Montreal in 2019. She claimed bronze at the Grand Slam in Brasilia in 2019. She bagged a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Antalya in 2021. She captured a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2021.
Alexandre Iddir opened 2019 with a victory at the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv. He won the European Games with the French team in 2015 and with his club he won the European title in 2011 in Antalya. Individual he won European bronze in Montpellier in 2014 and in 2021 in Lisbon. Iddir won the World Cups in Rome and Tashkent. In 2015 and 2016 he won silver at the Grand Slam of Paris. Iddir is French champion in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Iddir clinched the gold at the Grand Prix in Antalya and silver in Zagreb in 2019.
Mongolian judoka Gankhaich Bold took bronze at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2020 and won silver at the Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar in 2016. She took a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2018. She took gold at the European Open in Oberwart in 2019. She took bronze at the Grand Slam of Ekaterinburg in 2019. She clinched a silver medal at the Asian Pacific Championships in Fujairah in 2019. She took silver at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2021.
Tall Swiss judoka Flavio Orlik developed to World level. Orlik the Pan American Open in San Salvador in 2014 but more important are the medals at Grand Prix in Rijeka, Havana and Ulaanbaatar. He was Swiss senior and junior champion. Now he is a talent coach.