Sabina Zakharova

Sabina Zakharova
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportKarate
EventKumite
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Kumite 55 kg
Asian Karate Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yokohama Kumite 55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Quanzhou Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tashkent Kumite 50 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Astana Team kumite
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Almaty Team kumite

Sabina Zakharova (born 13 March 1992)[1] is a Kazakhstani karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea.[2] She is also a five-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.

Career

Zakharova competed in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] She lost her first match against Wen Tzu-yun of Chinese Taipei and she was then eliminated in the repechage by Syakilla Salni of Malaysia.[1]

In June 2021, Zakharova competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She competed in the 61 kg weight class and she reached the round-robin stage of the tournament where she failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics.[3][4] In November 2021, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2011 Asian Championships Quanzhou, China 3rd Kumite 50 kg
2012 Asian Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 3rd Kumite 50 kg
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 2nd Kumite 55 kg
2015 Asian Championships Yokohama, Japan 2nd Kumite 55 kg
2017 Asian Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 3rd Team kumite
2021 Asian Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan 3rd Team kumite

References

  1. ^ a b c "Karate Results" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Day 14 of competition". InsideTheGames.biz. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rowbottom, Mike (12 June 2021). "Second batch of Tokyo 2020-bound karateka go forward from WKF final qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "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.