# Alexandra Grande > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Grande > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexandra_Grande.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Grande > Source revision: 1345621257 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Peruvian karateka (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Alexandra Grande | honorific_suffix = | image = K1PL Berlin 2018-09-16 Female Kumite –61 kg 49.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Grande in 2018 | headercolor = | textcolor = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | full_name = Alexandra Vanessa Grande Risco | nickname = | nationality = | national_team = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|2|5}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = | weight = | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = | module = | country = Peru | sport = [Karate](/source/Karate) | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = 61 kg | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = [Kumite](/source/Kumite) | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's karate}} {{Medal|Country|{{PER}} }} {{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/World_Karate_Championships)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[2021 Dubai](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships)|[Kumite 61 kg](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg)}} {{Medal|Competition| [Pan American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_Pan_American_Games) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2015 Toronto](/source/Karate_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games) | [Kumite 61 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2019 Lima](/source/Karate_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Silver| [2011 Guadalajara](/source/Karate_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Silver| [2023 Santiago](/source/Karate_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games) | [Kumite 61 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [South American Games](/source/South_American_Games) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2010 Medellín](/source/Karate_at_the_2010_South_American_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Gold| [2022 Asunción](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_South_American_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Silver| [2018 Cochabamba](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_South_American_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} {{Medal|Bronze| [2010 Medellín](/source/Karate_at_the_2010_South_American_Games) | Open }} {{Medal|Competition| [World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_World_Games) }} {{Medal|Gold| [2017 Wrocław](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games) | [Kumite 61 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) }} {{Medal|Silver| [2022 Birmingham](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_World_Games) | [Kumite 61 kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) }} {{Medal|Competition| [Bolivarian Games](/source/Bolivarian_Games) }} {{Medal|Silver| [2013 Trujillo](/source/Karate_at_the_2013_Bolivarian_Games) | Team kumite }} {{Medal|Silver|[2025 Lima-Ayacucho](/source/2025_Bolivarian_Games)|Kumite 61 kg}} {{Medal|Competition| [World Combat Games](/source/World_Combat_Games) }} {{Medal|Bronze| [2010 Beijing](/source/2010_World_Combat_Games) | Kumite 61 kg }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Alexandra Vanessa Grande Risco'''{{family name footnote|Grande|Risco|lang=Spanish}} (born 5 February 1990){{Cite web|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/karate/athlete-profile-n1135932-grande-alexandra.htm|title=Alexandra Grande|website=2019 Pan American Games|url-status=live|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107201210/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/karate/athlete-profile-n1135932-grande-alexandra.htm |archive-date=7 January 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Entry List by NOC|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/nh/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106215132/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/nh/en/-120/Root/ViewPdf/KA0000000_C32A_1.0.pdf|archive-date=6 January 2021|access-date=6 January 2021|website=2017 World Games}} is a [Peru](/source/Peru)vian [karate](/source/karate)ka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's 61{{nbsp}}kg event at the [Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games). She also won bronze in this event at the [2021 World Karate Championships](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2021, Grande [represented Peru](/source/Peru_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games)}} She competed in the [women's 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) event. == Career == Grande won the bronze medal in the women's 61{{nbsp}}kg event at the [2010 World Combat Games](/source/2010_World_Combat_Games) held in Beijing, China. She [represented Peru](/source/Peru_at_the_2017_World_Games) at the [2017 World Games](/source/2017_World_Games) held in Wrocław, Poland and she won the gold medal in the [women's kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) event.{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}{{Cite news|date=26 July 2017|title=Peruana Alexandra Grande gana oro en los World Games de Polonia|work=El Bocón|url=https://elbocon.pe/otros-deportes/karateka-peruana-alexandra-grande-gano-medalla-de-oro-en-polonia-151558/|url-status=live|access-date=13 May 2020|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210010127/https://elbocon.pe/otros-deportes/karateka-peruana-alexandra-grande-gano-medalla-de-oro-en-polonia-151558/|archive-date=10 December 2019}} Grande defeated [Anita Serogina](/source/Anita_Serogina) of Ukraine in her gold medal match. In 2018, Grande won the silver medal in the [women's kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_South_American_Games) event at the [South American Games](/source/2018_South_American_Games) held in Cochabamba, Bolivia after a defeat in the final against [Jacqueline Factos](/source/Jacqueline_Factos) of Ecuador. Grande won the gold medal in the [women's kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games) event at the [2019 Pan American Games](/source/2019_Pan_American_Games) held in Lima, Peru.{{Cite web|title=Karate Results|url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/KTE/PAG2019_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602230633/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/KTE/PAG2019_KTE_C93_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2020|access-date=2 June 2020|website=2019 Pan American Games}}{{Cite news|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-presidente-vizcarra-se-encarga-dar-medalla-oro-a-alexandra-grande-762995.aspx|title=Presidente Vizcarra se encarga de dar la medalla de oro a Alexandra Grande|date=10 August 2019|work=Agencia Peruana de Noticias|access-date=17 April 2020|language=es}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/america/deportes/de-ee-uu-a-peru-el-podio-del-karate-en-lima-2019-fue-dominado-por-5-paises/20000010-4041459|title=De EE.UU. a Perú, el podio del karate en Lima 2019 fue dominado por 5 países|date=12 August 2019|work=Agencia EFE|access-date=17 April 2020|language=es}} Four years earlier, she also won the gold medal in the [women's kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) event at the [2015 Pan American Games](/source/2015_Pan_American_Games). In 2011, Grande won the silver medal in the [same event](/source/Karate_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games) at the [Pan American Games](/source/2011_Pan_American_Games) in Guadalajara, Mexico. In June 2021, Grande competed at the [World Olympic Qualification Tournament](/source/2021_Karate_World_Olympic_Qualification_Tournament) held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan.{{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}} She was eliminated in her first match by Lynn Snel of the Netherlands. As a result, she did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via [continental representation](/source/Karate_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification) soon after.{{Cite news|date=15 June 2021|title=Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020|work=World Karate Federation|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-confirmed-karates-olympic-debut/1598|access-date=15 June 2021}} Grande competed in the [women's 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) event. She was also the flag bearer for Peru during the [closing ceremony](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony).{{Cite web|title=List of closing ceremony flag bearers|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/08/Tokyo-2020-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-bearers.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004201903/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2021/08/Tokyo-2020-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-bearers.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2021|access-date=16 November 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games)}} In November 2021, Grande won one of the bronze medals in the [women's 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) event at the [World Karate Championships](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite web|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=World Karate Federation}} In her bronze medal match she defeated [Ingrida Suchánková](/source/Ingrida_Such%C3%A1nkov%C3%A1) of Slovakia. Grande won the silver medal in the [women's 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) event at the [2022 World Games](/source/2022_World_Games) held in Birmingham, United States.{{Cite news |title=New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 |date=10 July 2022 |work=World Karate Federation |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |url-status=live |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |access-date=10 July 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}} In the final, she faced the same opponent as in her final match at the 2017 World Games. Grande won the gold medal in [her event](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_South_American_Games) at the [2022 South American Games](/source/2022_South_American_Games) held in Asunción, Paraguay. She defeated [Claudymar Garcés](/source/Claudymar_Garc%C3%A9s) of Venezuela in her gold medal match. In 2023, Grande competed in the [women's 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2023_World_Karate_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) event at the [World Karate Championships](/source/2023_World_Karate_Championships) held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her fourth match.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-date=29 October 2023 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Sportdata.org}} A week later, Grande won the silver medal in [her event](/source/Karate_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) at the [2023 Pan American Games](/source/2023_Pan_American_Games) held in Santiago, Chile.{{Cite web |date=5 November 2023 |title=Karatekas from Chile shine on Day 2 of Karate at Pan American Games |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karatekas-from-chile-shine-on-day-2-of-karate-at-pan-american-games/2404 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211064912/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karatekas-from-chile-shine-on-day-2-of-karate-at-pan-american-games/2404 |archive-date=11 December 2023 |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=World Karate Federation}}{{Cite web |title=2023 Pan American Games Karate Results Book |url=https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/KTE-------------------------------.RBK_1_0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227171340/https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/KTE-------------------------------.RBK_1_0.pdf |archive-date=27 December 2023 |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=2023 Pan American Games}} == Achievements == {| class="wikitable sortable" width=45% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Rank !!Event |- |rowspan=3 | 2010 |rowspan=2 | [South American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2010_South_American_Games) |rowspan=2 | Medellín, Colombia |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Open |- |[World Combat Games](/source/2010_World_Combat_Games) |Beijing, China |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |2011 |[Pan American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games) |Guadalajara, Mexico |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |2013 |[Bolivarian Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2013_Bolivarian_Games) |Trujillo, Peru |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Team kumite |- |2015 |[Pan American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games) |Toronto, Canada |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |[Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) |- |2017 |[World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games) |Wrocław, Poland |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |[Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2017_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) |- |2018 |[South American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2018_South_American_Games) |Cochabamba, Bolivia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |2019 |[Pan American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2019_Pan_American_Games) |Lima, Peru |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |2021 |[World Championships](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships) |Dubai, United Arab Emirates |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |[Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/2021_World_Karate_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) |- |rowspan=2 | 2022 |[World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_World_Games) |Birmingham, United States |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |[Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_World_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_kumite_61_kg) |- |[South American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2022_South_American_Games) |Asunción, Paraguay |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg |- |2023 |[Pan American Games](/source/Karate_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games) |Santiago, Chile |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |[Kumite 61{{nbsp}}kg](/source/Karate_at_the_2023_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_61_kg) |} == Notes == {{Notelist}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{WKF ranking|PER129}} * {{sports links}} * {{2019 Pan American Games profile|karate/athlete-profile-n1135932-grande-alexandra}} * {{Twitter}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grande, Alexandra}} Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Peruvian female karateka Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in karate Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in karate Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Peru Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Peru Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Karateka at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Karateka at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Karateka at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:Karateka at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:South American Games medalists in karate Category:South American Games gold medalists for Peru Category:South American Games silver medalists for Peru Category:Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Category:Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Category:Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Category:World Games gold medalists Category:World Games silver medalists Category:World Games medalists in karate Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic karateka for Peru Category:21st-century Peruvian sportswomen Category:Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Peru Category:Bolivarian Games medalists in karate Category:World Games medalists for Peru Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexandra Grande](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Grande) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Grande?action=history)). 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