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| Born | (1990-11-24)24 November 1990 (age 35) |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Karate |
Alexandrea Anacan is a Philippine-born New Zealandkarate athlete. A resident ofAuckland, Anacan represents New Zealand internationally. She is a four-time consecutive gold medalist in theWorld Karate Federation (Continental Championship) Oceanian Karate Federation (OKF), entering competition in 2016. Her achievements include finishing 2nd at theCommonwealth Karate Championships, 5th at theKarate 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]
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 inWorld Beach Games andPre-Olympic Qualification.[2]
When her family moved to Auckland, Anacan began training with the SSKANZ school.
She became an instructor for SSKANZ and a national judge and referee.
She competes as a member of the New Zealand national karate team.
She qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo,Japan Continental Representation qualifying spots, where karate featured for the first time. She representedNew Zealand at the karate competition.[3] In thewomen's kata event, she finished in 5th place in the elimination round and she did not advance to compete in a medal match.
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