Sandra Bacher

{{Short description|American judoka and wrestler (born 1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Sandra Bacher

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|05|28}}

|birth_place = Long Island, New York, U.S.

|sport = Wrestling and Judo

|event = Freestyle wrestling

|country = United States

|show-medals = yes

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Boden|68 kg}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Clermond-Ferrand|68 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Poznan|68 kg}}

}}

Sandra "Sandy" Bacher (born May 28, 1968) is a former freestyle wrestler and Olympic level judo competitor.{{cite web|url=http://content.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=331|title=Wrestling star Sandy Bacher battles in her third Olympic Games in judo | TheMat.com - USA Wrestling|publisher=content.themat.com|accessdate=2015-03-04}} She was a 14 time US National Champion in Judo from 1992-2004.{{Cite web |title=Sandra Bacher |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sandra-bacher |website=olympics.com}} She was overall a 16 time medalist in the US National Championships.{{cite web | url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/3571/Sandra_Bacher/judo-career | title=JudoInside - Sandra Bacher Judoka }}

In judo, Bacher would compete in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games but did not win a medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfit.org/sports/judo/|title=World Fit (Olympians for Worldwide Fitness) childhood obesity programs - kids fitness programs - school fitness programs - youth fitness programs - school walking programs|publisher=worldfit.org|accessdate=2015-03-04}}{{cite web|url=http://judoinfo.com/usolympic.htm|title=US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present|publisher=judoinfo.com|accessdate=2015-03-04}} She won a bronze medal in judo at the 1999 Pan American games.

As a freestyle wrestler competing at the World Wrestling Championships, Bacher would win silver in 1997, bronze in 1998, and gold in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2015/March/04/Womens-feature-1999-World-Team-Champions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308123918/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2015/March/04/Womens-feature-1999-World-Team-Champions|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2015|title=Women's Feature – 1999 U.S. Women's Team, first World Champions|publisher=teamusa.org|accessdate=2015-03-04}}