Viviana Bottaro (born 2 September 1987) is an Italian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Bottaro has also won numerous medals in the women's individual kata and women's team kata events at the World Karate Championships and the European Karate Championships. She is a three-time bronze medalist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also the 2014 European champion in this event.
Biography In 2019, Bottaro won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. The following month, she represented Italy at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus and she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event.
In 2020, Bottaro qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In May 2021, Bottaro won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In October 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In November 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Rank Event2005European ChampionshipsSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain 2ndTeam kata2006European ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway 2ndTeam kata2007European ChampionshipsBratislava, Slovakia 2ndTeam kata2008World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan 3rdTeam kata2009European ChampionshipsZagreb, Croatia 3rdTeam kata 2010European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 2ndTeam kataWorld ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 3rdTeam kata2011European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland 2ndTeam kata 2012European ChampionshipsAdeje, Spain 3rdTeam kataWorld ChampionshipsParis, France 2ndTeam kata 2013 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2ndIndividual kata 1stTeam kata 2014 European Championships Tampere, Finland 1stIndividual kata 2ndTeam kataWorld ChampionshipsBremen, Germany 3rdTeam kata2015European ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 3rdTeam kata 2016 European Championships Montpellier, France 3rdIndividual kata 3rdTeam kata World Championships Linz, Austria 3rdIndividual kata 3rdTeam kata 2017 European Championships İzmit, Turkey 2ndIndividual kata 1stTeam kata 2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia 2ndIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 3rdIndividual kata 2019European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Spain 2ndIndividual kataEuropean GamesMinsk, Belarus 2ndIndividual kata 2021European ChampionshipsPoreč, Croatia 3rdIndividual kataSummer OlympicsTokyo, Japan 3rdIndividual kataWorld ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates 3rdIndividual kata
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