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. She also won the gold medal in this event at the
European Karate Championships in five consecutive years.
She is scheduled to represent Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2015, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the final she defeated Sandy Scordo 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 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.
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. In 2019 she also won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2015European ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1stIndividual kata
2015European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1stIndividual kata
2016European ChampionshipsMontpellier, France1stIndividual kata
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria3rdIndividual kata
2017European ChampionshipsKocaeli, Turkey1stIndividual kata
2017World GamesWrocław, Poland2ndIndividual kata
2018European ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia1stIndividual kata
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain1stIndividual kata
2019European ChampionshipsGuadalajara, Mexico1stIndividual kata
2019European GamesMinsk, Belarus1stIndividual kata
2019World Beach GamesDoha, Qatar1stIndividual kata