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]

Andrea Anacan
Personal information
Born (1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 33)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportKarate

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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Competition Results
Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2020 Karate 1 Premier League Salzburg   Austria 7th Female Kata 
2020 Karate 1 Premier League Dubai   United Arab Emirates 7th Female Kata 
2020 Karate 1 Premier League Paris   France 19th Female Kata 
2019 Karate 1 Premier League Madrid   Spain 23rd Female Kata 
2019 2019 Karate1 Series A Santiago   Chile 13th Female Kata
2019 Karate 1 Premier League Tokyo   Japan Female Kata 
2019 2019 Karate1 Series A Montreal   Canada 15th Female Kata
2019 Karate 1 Premier League Shanghai   China 21st Female Kata 
2019 OKF Senior Karate Championship Sydney   Australia   Female Kata
2018 Senior World Karate Championship Madrid   Madagascar 7th  Female Kata
2018 Karate 1 Premier League Tokyo   Japan Female Kata 
2018 19th Senior & 18th Cadet Junior U21 Oceania Karate Championship Auckland   New Zealand   Female Kata
2017 18th Senior Oceania Karate Championship aus   Australia   Female Kata
2016 Senior World Karate Championship Linz   Austria Female Kata 
2016 17th Senior Oceania Karate Championship Nouméa   New Caledonia   Female Kata
2014 Senior World Karate Championship Bremen   Germany Female Kata 
2014 Karate 1 Premier League Okinawa   Japan Female Kata 
2012 Karate 1 Jakarta Jakarta   Indonesia Female Kata
2014 20th Senior World Karate Championship Belgrade   Serbia Female Kata 
2014 19th Senior World Karate Championship Tokyo   Japan Female Kata 

References

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  1. ^ "Australia top medal table of OKF Karate Championships". World Karate Federation News.
  2. ^ "Karate Kata makes history on memorable first day of ANOC World Beach Games". Gulf Times.
  3. ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". WKF News.
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