Sakura Kokumai
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| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sakura Kokumai (born 1992)[1] is an American karateka. In 2019 she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2][3] She is scheduled to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
Career
In 2012, she won a bronze medal in the individual kata event at the 2012 World Karate Championships held in Paris, France.[1]
In 2014, she won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival held in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
In 2019, she competed in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar without winning a medal.[5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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| 2012 | World Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | Individual kata |
References
- ^ a b "Sakura Kokumai". Team USA. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lima 2019: Ingrid Aranda consigue la medalla de bronce en karate". Agencia Peruana de Noticias (in Spanish). August 9, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. March 18, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
External links
- Sakura Kokumai at KarateRec.com
- Sakura Kokumai at Olympedia
- Sakura Kokumai at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Sakura Kokumai at the International World Games Association
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