María Torres Explained

María Torres García
Birth Date:1997 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Málaga, Spain
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Country:Spain
Sport:Karate
Weight Class:+68 kg

María Torres García (born 22 July 1997)[1] is a Spanish karateka.[2] She won the gold medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3] [4] She won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[5] [6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.[9] [10] She also competed in the women's +68kg event where she was eliminated in her third match.[10] Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[11] Two weeks later, she won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[5] [6]

Torres competed in the women's +68kg 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 +68kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[12] Torres won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[13] [14] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.[14]

Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.[15]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2018World ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rdTeam kumite
2021World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates1stKumite +68kg
2022European ChampionshipsGaziantep, Turkey3rdTeam kumite
World GamesBirmingham, United States2ndKumite +68kg
2023European GamesKraków and Małopolska, Poland3rdKumite +68kg
World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndKumite +68kg
1stTeam kumite

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entry List by NOC . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626215051/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/2022-06-25/KTE-------------------------------__C32A_1.0.pdf . 26 June 2022 . 26 June 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  2. News: 23 November 2015 . Con el kárate en la sangre . es . SUR . 24 March 2022.
  3. News: Morgan. Liam. 20 November 2021. Kiyuna makes history as Olympic gold medallists retain titles at Karate World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 20 November 2021.
  4. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.
  5. News: New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 . 10 July 2022 . World Karate Federation . live . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 . 10 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  7. Web site: 2018 World Karate Championships. SportData. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426163137/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=188&active_menu=calendar. 26 April 2020. 26 April 2020.
  8. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  9. News: Houston . Michael . 29 May 2022 . Hosts Turkey top European Karate Championships table with team kata gold . . 26 June 2022.
  10. Web site: 2022 European Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710151049/https://ucarecdn.com/d03cb6fd-5ad5-43b0-864c-f08e1e001d43/ . 10 July 2022 . 23 August 2022 . ucarecdn.com.
  11. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705100714/https://gdm2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/KTE/ResultBook/GDM2022_KTE_v1.0.pdf . 5 July 2022 . 5 July 2022 . 2022 Mediterranean Games.
  12. Web site: Karate Medalists by Event . https://web.archive.org/web/20230624075000/https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/KTE/EG2023_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 24 June 2023 . 2 July 2023 . 2023 European Games.
  13. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 28 October 2023 . Hárspataki loses dramatic final as Ukrainian shuns Russian on podium at Karate World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 28 October 2023.
  14. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.
  15. Web site: 2024 European Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512153857/https://cdn.sportdata.org/e7e59c9f-1b6a-47b5-9885-d8e8e6520a4d/ . 12 May 2024 . 13 May 2024 . Sportdata.

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