Andrés Madera Delgado is a

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ka. He won Gold Medal in the Men's Individual -67 Kg Kumite at the 2019 XVIII Pan American Games

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at Lima, Peru.

Career

Previously, Madera won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual -67 Kg Kumite at the 2016 Senior World Karate Championships at

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and he won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals in the Pan American Games, Pan American championship, South American championship, Central American and Caribbean Games and American Centre Championships. He also won several medals in the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League and Series A Championships, and he was the 2017 GRAND WINNER of the Male Kumite -67 kg category.

Achievements

He qualified for the

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through the Continental Representation qualifying spots, where karate will be featured for the first time and now he will represent Venezuela Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics at the Karate competition of the

References

Living people Venezuelan male karateka Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games medalists in karate South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2015 Pan American Games Karateka at the 2019 Pan American Games Karateka at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Venezuela Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic karateka for Venezuela 1988 births 21st-century Venezuelan people {{Venezuela-karate-bio-stub