Alexandra Grande
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Full name | Alexandra Vanessa Grande Risco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 February 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 61 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Kumite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandra Vanessa Grande Risco[a] (born 5 February 1990)[1][2] is a Peruvian karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 61 kg event at the Pan American Games. She also won bronze in this event at the 2021 World Karate Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2021, Grande represented Peru at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She competed in the women's 61 kg event.[3]
Career
[edit]Grande won the bronze medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2010 World Combat Games held in Beijing, China. She represented Peru at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland and she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event.[4][5] Grande defeated Anita Serogina of Ukraine in her gold medal match.
In 2018, Grande won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia after a defeat in the final against Jacqueline Factos of Ecuador.
Grande won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[6][7][8] Four years earlier, she also won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games. In 2011, Grande won the silver medal in the same event at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In June 2021, Grande competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] She was eliminated in her first match by Lynn Snel of the Netherlands.[9] As a result, she did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via continental representation soon after.[10] Grande competed in the women's 61 kg event.[3] She was also the flag bearer for Peru during the closing ceremony.[11] In November 2021, Grande won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[12] In her bronze medal match she defeated Ingrida Suchánková of Slovakia.[12]
Grande won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[13][14] In the final, she faced the same opponent as in her final match at the 2017 World Games.[14]
Grande won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay. She defeated Claudymar Garcés of Venezuela in her gold medal match. In 2023, Grande competed in the women's 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her fourth match.[15] A week later, Grande won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.[16][17]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
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2010 | South American Games | Medellín, Colombia | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
3rd | Open | |||
World Combat Games | Beijing, China | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg | |
2011 | Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg |
2013 | Bolivarian Games | Trujillo, Peru | 2nd | Team kumite |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
2017 | World Games | Wrocław, Poland | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
2018 | South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | Kumite 61 kg |
2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 3rd | Kumite 61 kg |
2022 | World Games | Birmingham, United States | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg |
South American Games | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | Kumite 61 kg | |
2023 | Pan American Games | Santiago, Chile | 2nd | Kumite 61 kg |
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grande and the second or maternal family name is Risco.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alexandra Grande". 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Entry List by NOC" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Karate Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Peruana Alexandra Grande gana oro en los World Games de Polonia". El Bocón (in Spanish). 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Presidente Vizcarra se encarga de dar la medalla de oro a Alexandra Grande". Agencia Peruana de Noticias (in Spanish). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países". Agencia EFE (in Spanish). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "List of closing ceremony flag bearers" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022". World Karate Federation. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Karatekas from Chile shine on Day 2 of Karate at Pan American Games". World Karate Federation. 5 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "2023 Pan American Games Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alexandra Grande – World Karate Federation ranking
- Alexandra Grande at KarateRec.com
- Alexandra Grande at Olympics.com
- Alexandra Grande at Olympedia
- Alexandra Grande at the International World Games Association
- Alexandra Grande at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games (archived)
- Alexandra Grande on X
- Living people
- 1990 births
- Peruvian female karateka
- Pan American Games medalists in karate
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Karateka at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Karateka at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Karateka at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Karateka at the 2023 Pan American Games
- South American Games medalists in karate
- South American Games gold medalists for Peru
- South American Games silver medalists for Peru
- Competitors at the 2010 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- World Games gold medalists
- World Games silver medalists
- World Games medalists in karate
- Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic karateka for Peru
- 21st-century Peruvian women
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Peru
- Bolivarian Games medalists in karate
- World Games medalists for Peru
- Medalists at the 2017 World Games
- Medalists at the 2022 World Games