Viviana Bottaro

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.

Viviana Bottaro

Bottaro in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1987-09-02) 2 September 1987 Genoa, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Karate
Events	Individual kata Team kata
Club	Fiamme Oro
Medal record Women's karate Representing Italy Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Individual kata World Championships 2012 Paris Team kata 2008 Tokyo Team kata 2010 Belgrade Team kata 2014 Bremen Team kata 2016 Linz Individual kata 2016 Linz Team kata 2018 Madrid Individual kata 2021 Dubai Individual kata European Games 2019 Minsk Individual kata European Championships 2013 Budapest Team kata 2014 Tampere Individual kata 2017 İzmit Team kata 2005 San Cristóbal de La Laguna Team kata 2006 Stavanger Team kata 2007 Bratislava Team kata 2010 Athens Team kata 2011 Zürich Team kata 2013 Budapest Individual kata 2014 Tampere Team kata 2017 İzmit Individual kata 2018 Novi Sad Individual kata 2019 Guadalajara Individual kata 2009 Zagreb Team kata 2012 Adeje Team kata 2015 Istanbul Team kata 2016 Montpellier Individual kata 2016 Montpellier Team kata 2021 Poreč Individual kata

Bottaro awarded by Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale in 2021.

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	Event
2005	European Championships	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain	2nd	Team kata
2006	European Championships	Stavanger, Norway	2nd	Team kata
2007	European Championships	Bratislava, Slovakia	2nd	Team kata
2008	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Team kata
2009	European Championships	Zagreb, Croatia	3rd	Team kata
2010	European Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	Team kata
	World Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	Team kata
2011	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	Team kata
2012	European Championships	Adeje, Spain	3rd	Team kata
	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	Team kata
2013	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	Individual kata
			1st	Team kata
2014	European Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	Individual kata
			2nd	Team kata
	World Championships	Bremen, Germany	3rd	Team kata
2015	European Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	Team kata
2016	European Championships	Montpellier, France	3rd	Individual kata
			3rd	Team kata
	World Championships	Linz, Austria	3rd	Individual kata
			3rd	Team kata
2017	European Championships	İzmit, Turkey	2nd	Individual kata
			1st	Team kata
2018	European Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	Individual kata
	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	Individual kata
2019	European Championships	Guadalajara, Spain	2nd	Individual kata
	European Games	Minsk, Belarus	2nd	Individual kata
2021	European Championships	Poreč, Croatia	3rd	Individual kata
	Summer Olympics	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Individual kata
	World Championships	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	3rd	Individual kata

External links

• Viviana Bottaro – World Karate Federation ranking
• Viviana Bottaro at KarateRec.com
• Viviana Bottaro at Olympics.com
• Viviana Bottaro at Olympedia
• Viviana Bottaro at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)