Andrea Anacan
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Born | 24 November 1990 |
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Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Karate |
Alexandrea Anacan is a Philippine-born New Zealand karate athlete. A resident of Auckland, Anacan represents New Zealand internationally. She is a four-time consecutive gold medalist in the World Karate Federation (Continental Championship) Oceanian Karate Federation (OKF), entering competition in 2016. Her achievements include finishing 2nd at the Commonwealth Karate Championships, 5th at the Karate World Games (winning the Oceania qualifying competition outright) and 3rd place at the World University Games, the largest international multi-sport event other than the Olympics.[1]
Early life[]
Anacan began practising Karate at the age of four. She won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals in the Auckland Open, New Zealand Open, Australian Open, New Zealand Nationals, and Hamilton Open. She participated in World Beach Games and Pre-Olympic Qualification.[2]
When her family moved to Auckland, Anacan began training with the SSKANZ school.
Career[]
She became an instructor for SSKANZ and a national judge and referee.
She competes as a member of the New Zealand national karate team.
2020 Summer Olympics[]
She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Continental Representation qualifying spots, where karate featured for the first time. She represented New Zealand at the karate competition.[3] In the women's kata event, she finished in 5th place in the elimination round and she did not advance to compete in a medal match.
Record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Salzburg ![]() |
7th | Female Kata |
2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Dubai ![]() |
7th | Female Kata |
2020 | Karate 1 Premier League | Paris ![]() |
19th | Female Kata |
2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Madrid ![]() |
23rd | Female Kata |
2019 | 2019 Karate1 Series A | Santiago ![]() |
13th | Female Kata |
2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Tokyo ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2019 | 2019 Karate1 Series A | Montreal ![]() |
15th | Female Kata |
2019 | Karate 1 Premier League | Shanghai ![]() |
21st | Female Kata |
2019 | OKF Senior Karate Championship | Sydney ![]() |
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Female Kata |
2018 | Senior World Karate Championship | Madrid ![]() |
7th | Female Kata |
2018 | Karate 1 Premier League | Tokyo ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2018 | 19th Senior & 18th Cadet Junior U21 Oceania Karate Championship | Auckland ![]() |
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Female Kata |
2017 | 18th Senior Oceania Karate Championship | aus ![]() |
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Female Kata |
2016 | Senior World Karate Championship | Linz ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2016 | 17th Senior Oceania Karate Championship | Nouméa ![]() |
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Female Kata |
2014 | Senior World Karate Championship | Bremen ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2014 | Karate 1 Premier League | Okinawa ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2012 | Karate 1 Jakarta | Jakarta ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2014 | 20th Senior World Karate Championship | Belgrade ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
2014 | 19th Senior World Karate Championship | Tokyo ![]() |
– | Female Kata |
References[]
- ^ "Australia top medal table of OKF Karate Championships". World Karate Federation News.
- ^ "Karate Kata makes history on memorable first day of ANOC World Beach Games". Gulf Times.
- ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". WKF News.
- Living people
- New Zealand female karateka
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- Filipino emigrants to New Zealand
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 1990 births
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs
- Karate biography stubs