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 medallist 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 Karate1 Premier League; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.

Career

In 2015, Sánchez 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 Sandy Scordo of France. At the

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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, Sánchez won the gold medal in her event at both the

held in Novi Sad, Serbia and the

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

2019 European Karate Championships The 2019 European Karate Championships were the 54th edition of the European Karate Championships, and were held in Guadalajara, Spain from 28 to 31 May 2019. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participating nations 559 athletes from 51 natio ...

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, Sánchez 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. Sánchez won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the

2022 European Karate Championships The 2022 European Karate Championships was the 57th edition of the European Karate Championships and 4th European Para Karate Championships, held in Gaziantep, Turkey from 25 to 29 May 2022. Medal table Medalists Men Women Participating na ...

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. In September 2022, a book series called ''Kat Karateka'', written by Inés Masip and illustrated by Juan Carlos Bonache was released, inspired by Sandra Sánchez's career.

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'' (new page) {{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 World Games gold medalists for Spain World Games silver medalists World Games medalists in karate World record holders Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in karate Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic karateka for Spain 21st-century Spanish sportswomen Sportspeople from Talavera de la Reina Sportspeople from Castilla–La Mancha Medalists at the 2017 World Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games Saint Anthony Catholic University of Murcia alumni