Sandra Šarić (born 8 May 1984 in

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) is a

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athlete. Representing

at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen,

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, she won the silver medal in the welterweight (-67 kg) division, losing to 2000 Olympic champion Lee Sun-Hee of

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in the final. In 2008, she participated in the

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, and won the gold medal in the middleweight (-72 kg) division. Šarić represented her country and won the bronze medal in the - 67kg class at the

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References

* 1984 births Living people People from Senj Sportspeople from Lika-Senj County Croatian female taekwondo practitioners Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia Olympic medalists for Croatia in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics European champions for Croatia European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century Croatian sportswomen {{Croatia-taekwondo-bio-stub