Viviana Bottaro

Bottaro in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1987-09-02) 2 September 1987 (age 37) Genoa, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Karate
Events	Individual kata Team kata
Club	Fiamme Oro[1]
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

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.^[2][3] 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.

In 2019, Bottaro won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

In 2020, Bottaro qualified to represent Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[7][8]

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.^[9][10] 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.^[11][12] 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.^[13]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viviana Bottaro.

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