Kayra Almira Özdemir (; born Ketty Mathé on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division.
Coming from Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron in Brittany, she competed for France until her marriage in Turkey in February 2015. She then changed her name from Ketty Mathé to Kayra Sayit, and began to compete for Turkey after acquiring the Turkish citizenship.
Özdemir was a finalist in the 2011 Prague World Cup, and was selected along with fellow Breton Laëtitia Payet for the World Championships, competing on 27 August in Paris-Bercy.
In 2016, Özdemir won the gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix, and at the European Championships in Kazan, Russia.
In 2021, Özdemir won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. She took the gold medal at the 2021 European Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. She competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. where she placed fifth.
She won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Özdemir also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Achievements .
Medal winner in senior tournaments only.
Year Tournament Place Weight classCompetitor for 2007 European Open Championships 3rd Open class European Team Championships Minsk 3rd +78 kg team World Cup Vienna 3rd +78 kg 2008 Super World Cup Tournoi de Paris 3rd +78 kg World Cup Warsaw 3rd +78 kg World Cup Rome 1st +78 kg Super World Cup Moscow 1st +78 kg 2011 Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 2nd +78 kg World Cup Prague 2nd +78 kg World Cup Rome 1st +78 kg 2012 European Team Championships Chelyabinsk 2nd +70 kg team World Cup Budapest 3rd +78 kg 2014 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon 1st +78 kg Swiss Judo Open Uster 1st +78 kg European Cup London 1st +78 kgCompetitor for 2015 Grand Prix Budapest 1st +78 kg Grand Prix Tashkent 3rd +78 kg 2016 Grand Prix Tbilisi 1st +78 kg European Championships 1st +78 kg 2018 World Championships 3rd +78 kg2019 World Championships 3rd +78 kg 2021 European Championships 1st +78 kg 2024 European Championships 3rd +78 kg World Championships 2nd +78 kg
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