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Born | (1997-07-22) 22 July 1997 (age 27) Málaga, Spain |
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Country | Spain |
Sport | Karate |
Weight class | +68 kg |
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Medal record |
María Torres García (born 22 July 1997) is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
Career
Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In June 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She also competed in the women's +68 kg event where she was eliminated in her third match. Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Two weeks later, she won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
Torres competed in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain where she was eliminated in her first match. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. Torres won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.
Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2018 | World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Team kumite |
2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | Kumite +68 kg |
2022 | European Championships | Gaziantep, Turkey | 3rd | Team kumite |
World Games | Birmingham, United States | 2nd | Kumite +68 kg | |
2023 | European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 3rd | Kumite +68 kg |
World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Kumite +68 kg | |
1st | Team kumite |
References
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- "2018 World Karate Championships". SportData. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- Houston, Michael (29 May 2022). "Hosts Turkey top European Karate Championships table with team kata gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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- "Karate Medalists by Event" (PDF). 2023 European Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- Berkeley, Geoff (28 October 2023). "Hárspataki loses dramatic final as Ukrainian shuns Russian on podium at Karate World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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- "2024 European Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Sportspeople from Málaga
- Spanish female karateka
- Karateka at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Spain
- World Games silver medalists
- World Games medalists for Spain
- World Games medalists in karate
- European Games medalists in karate
- European Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Karateka at the 2023 European Games
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games