Sandra Sánchez (karateka)
Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a Spanish karateka. In 2018, she became world champion in the women's individual kata event at the 2018 World Championships in Madrid, Spain.[1] She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in five consecutive years (2015 – 2019).
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Full name | Sandra Sánchez Jaime | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She is scheduled to represent Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2][3][4]
Career
In 2015, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[5] In the final she defeated Sandy Scordo of France.[5]
At the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event.
In 2017, she won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[6][7] In the final she lost against Kiyou Shimizu of Japan.[7]
In 2019, she represented Spain at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus and she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event.[8][9] In the same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.[10][11]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2015 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | Individual kata |
European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | Individual kata | |
2016 | European Championships | Montpellier, France | 1st | Individual kata |
World Championships | Linz, Austria | 3rd | Individual kata | |
2017 | European Championships | Kocaeli, Turkey | 1st | Individual kata |
World Games | Wrocław, Poland | 2nd | Individual kata | |
2018 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Individual kata |
World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Individual kata | |
2019 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Mexico | 1st | Individual kata |
European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 1st | Individual kata | |
World Beach Games | Doha, Qatar | 1st | Individual kata |
References
- "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- Shefferd, Neil (18 March 2020). "World Karate Federation announces first 40 karatekas to have qualified for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- "Stubbornness leads Sánchez to inaugural Olympic karate event". Taiwan News. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- Etchells, Daniel (14 June 2015). "Azerbaijan top Baku 2015 karate medal standings after two more golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- "Kiyuna, Shimizu win gold in karate kata at World Games". The Japan Times. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Barker, Philip (13 October 2019). "Spain celebrate double karate gold at ANOC World Beach Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandra Sanchez. |
- Sandra Sánchez Jaime at International World Games Association
- Sandra Sánchez Jaime at KarateRec.com