Irina Zaretska
Irina Zaretska (born 4 March 1996) is a Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2015) karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 68 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2015 European Games, the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games and the 2021 European Karate Championships. Career. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68  kg event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany. At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event. At the 2018 European Karate Championships held in Novi Sad, Serbia, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event. In the final, she lost against Elena Quirici of Switzerland. She also became world champion in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In 2019, she won the silver medal in  the women's kumite 68 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. Four years earlier, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She represented Azerbaijan in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's +61 kg event. In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.