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

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]

Early life

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

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

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

Competition Results
Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueSalzburg  Austria7thFemale Kata 
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueDubai  United Arab Emirates7thFemale Kata 
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueParis  France19thFemale Kata 
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueMadrid  Spain23rdFemale Kata 
20192019 Karate1 Series ASantiago  Chile13thFemale Kata
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueTokyo  Japan–Female Kata 
20192019 Karate1 Series AMontreal  Canada15thFemale Kata
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueShanghai  China21stFemale Kata 
2019OKF Senior Karate ChampionshipSydney  Australia1st place, gold medalist(s)Female Kata
2018Senior World Karate ChampionshipMadrid  Madagascar7th Female Kata
2018Karate 1 Premier LeagueTokyo  Japan–Female Kata 
201819th Senior & 18th Cadet Junior U21 Oceania Karate ChampionshipAuckland  New Zealand1st place, gold medalist(s)Female Kata
201718th Senior Oceania Karate Championshipaus  Australia1st place, gold medalist(s)Female Kata
2016Senior World Karate ChampionshipLinz  Austria–Female Kata 
201617th Senior Oceania Karate ChampionshipNouméa  New Caledonia1st place, gold medalist(s)Female Kata
2014Senior World Karate ChampionshipBremen  Germany–Female Kata 
2014Karate 1 Premier LeagueOkinawa  Japan–Female Kata 
2012Karate 1 JakartaJakarta  Indonesia–Female Kata
201420th Senior World Karate ChampionshipBelgrade  Serbia–Female Kata 
201419th Senior World Karate ChampionshipTokyo  Japan–Female Kata 

References

  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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