Distria Krasniqi

Distria Krasniqi
Krasniqi at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995
Pejë, AP Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia
present Kosovo
OccupationJudoka
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Military career
Allegiance Albania
BranchAlbanian Armed Forces
Years of service2021–
Rank Colonel
Sport
Country Kosovo
SportJudo
Weight class48 kg, 52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2025)
European Champ. (2021, 2024, 2025)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Kosovo
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo48 kg
2024 Paris52 kg
World Championships
2025 Budapest52 kg
2019 Tokyo48 kg
2022 Tashkent52 kg
European Championships
2021 Lisbon48 kg
2024 Zagreb52 kg
2025 Podgorica52 kg
2018 Tel Aviv52 kg
2023 Montpellier52 kg
2020 Prague48 kg
2022 Sofia52 kg
European Championships Open
2023 Pristina57 kg
World Masters
2018 Guangzhou48 kg
2019 Qingdao48 kg
2021 Doha48 kg
2022 Jerusalem52 kg
2023 Budapest52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2020 Paris52 kg
2020 Budapest48 kg
2022 Tbilisi52 kg
2023 Paris52 kg
2024 Paris52 kg
2018 Abu Dhabi48 kg
2019 Paris48 kg
2022 Paris52 kg
2023 Tbilisi52 kg
2023 Baku52 kg
2015 Baku52 kg
2017 Paris52 kg
2018 Paris52 kg
2024 Tbilisi52 kg
2025 Paris52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2015 Samsun52 kg
2017 Antalya52 kg
2017 The Hague52 kg
2018 Antalya52 kg
2018 Tashkent48 kg
2019 Antalya48 kg
2022 Almada52 kg
2016 Budapest52 kg
2016 Zagreb52 kg
2018 Tunis52 kg
2019 Budapest48 kg
2022 Zagreb52 kg
2025 Linz52 kg
2014 Düsseldorf48 kg
2015 Zagreb52 kg
2016 Samsun52 kg
2018 Budapest48 kg
2018 The Hague48 kg
European U23 Championships
2016 Tel Aviv52 kg
2017 Podgorica52 kg
2012 Prague52 kg
2013 Samokov52 kg
World Juniors Championships
2015 Abu Dhabi52 kg
European Junior Championships
2013 Sarajevo52 kg
2015 Oberwart52 kg
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona52 kg
2022 Oran52 kg
Jeux de la Francophonie
2017 Abidjan52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7829
JudoInside.com75286
Updated on 15 June 2025

Distria Krasniqi NK (Albanian pronunciation: [diˈstɾia kɾasˈnici]; born 10 December 1995) is a Kosovo Albanian judoka. She is a two-time Olympic medallist and won the gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver medal in the women's 52-kg judo event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Krasniqi is also a two-time World Championships bronze medallist and three-time European champion. In August 2021, she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albania by the President of Albania.