Sandra Sánchez Jaime (born 16 September 1981) is a retired Spanish

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ka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at the

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(2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the

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in seven consecutive competitions (2015 – 2022). She is also recognised by

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for winning the most medals in the

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; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.

Career

In 2015, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

held in Istanbul, Turkey. In the same year, she also won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

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held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the final, she defeated

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of France. 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

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held in Wrocław, Poland. In the final, she lost against Kiyou Shimizu of Japan. K1PL Berlin 2018-09-16 Female Kata 120

In 2018, she won the gold medal in her event at both the

held in Novi Sad, Serbia and the

held in Madrid, Spain. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

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held in Guadalajara, Spain. In the same year, she also represented Spain at the

in Minsk, Belarus and she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event. Lastly, she also won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. In May 2021, she secured the gold medal in her event at the

held in Poreč, Croatia. She also represented Spain at the

in Tokyo, Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event. In November 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the

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held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She also won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Birmingham, United States. She retired from competitive sports after the 2022 World Games.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Sandra 1981 births Living people Spanish female karateka Karateka at the 2019 European Games European Games gold medalists for Spain European Games medalists in karate Competitors at the 2017 World Games Competitors at the 2022 World Games World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists World Games medalists in karate Guinness World Records Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in karate Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic karateka of Spain 21st-century Spanish women