María_Torres

María Torres

María Torres

Spanish karateka (born 1997)

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

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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 +68 kg event where she was eliminated in her third match.[10] Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[11] 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.[5][6]

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.[12] Torres won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg 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]

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