Sabina Zakharova

{{Short description|Kazakhstani karateka (born 1992)}}

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's karate }}

{{Medal|Country| {{KAZ}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Games }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2014 Incheon | Kumite 55 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Asian Karate Championships }}

{{Medal|Silver| 2015 Yokohama | Kumite 55 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2011 Quanzhou | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2012 Tashkent | Kumite 50 kg }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2017 Astana | Team kumite }}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Almaty | Team kumite }}

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Sabina Zakharova (born 13 March 1992){{Cite web|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2018 Asian Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419171221/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/89/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Karate_v1.0.pdf|archive-date=19 April 2020|access-date=19 April 2020}} is a Kazakhstani karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea.{{Cite news|date=3 October 2014|title=Asian Games: Day 14 of competition|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1022998/asian-games-day-14-of-competition|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518070739/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1022998/asian-games-day-14-of-competition|archive-date=18 May 2020}} She is also a five-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.

Career

Zakharova competed in the women's kumite 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. 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.

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.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=12 June 2021|title=Second batch of Tokyo 2020-bound karateka go forward from WKF final qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108983/wkf-final-qualifier-paris-tokyo-2020|access-date=12 June 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|title=2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2021|website=World Karate Federation}} In November 2021, she competed in the women's 55{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenueRankEvent
2011

|Asian Championships

|Quanzhou, China

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2012

|Asian Championships

|Tashkent, Uzbekistan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Kumite 50{{nbsp}}kg

2014

|Asian Games

|Incheon, South Korea

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Kumite 55{{nbsp}}kg

2015

|Asian Championships

|Yokohama, Japan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|Kumite 55{{nbsp}}kg

2017

|Asian Championships

|Astana, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Team kumite

2021

|Asian Championships

|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|Team kumite

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