Kayra Sayit

Kayra Ozdemir (née Kayra Sayit; born Ketty Mathé on 13 February 1988) is a French-born Turkish European champion female judoka competing in the +78 kg division.

Kayra Sayit
Personal information
Birth nameKetty Mathé
NationalityFrench
Turkish
Born (1988-02-13) 13 February 1988
Fort-de-France, Martinique
OccupationJudoka
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sport
Country
  • France (until 2014)
  • Turkey (since 2015)
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2016, 2020)
World Champ. (2018, 2019)
European Champ. (2016, 2021)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
2018 Baku +78 kg
2019 Tokyo +78 kg
European Championships
2016 Kazan +78 kg
2021 Lisbon +78 kg
World Masters
2021 Doha +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2020 Budapest +78 kg
2023 Antalya +78 kg
2017 Baku +78 kg
2023 Tel Aviv +78 kg
2024 Paris +78 kg
2024 Antalya +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Budapest +78 kg
2016 Tbilisi +78 kg
2017 Antalya +78 kg
2019 Marrakesh +78 kg
2019 Perth +78 kg
2023 Zagreb +78 kg
2016 Almaty +78 kg
2015 Tashkent +78 kg
2019 Antalya +78 kg
2020 Tel Aviv +78 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona +78 kg
2022 Oran +78 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
2017 Baku +78 kg
2021 Konya +78 kg
Representing  France
European Championships
2007 Warsaw Open
IJF Grand Prix
2011 Abu Dhabi +78 kg
World Juniors Championships
2006 Santo Domingo +78 kg
European Junior Championships
2006 Tallinn +78 kg
2007 Prague +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF19203, 4142
JudoInside.com33102
Updated on 31 March 2024.

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.

Ozdemir 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, Ozdemir won the gold medal at the Tbilisi Grand Prix, and at the European Championships in Kazan, Russia.

In 2021, Ozdemir 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.

Ozdemir won the gold medal in the women's +78 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.

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