Sandra Šarić (born May 8, 1984 in Senj

Senj

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) is a Croatia

Croatia

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n taekwondo

Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...

 athlete. Representing Croatia

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 at the 2003 World Taekwondo Championships

2003 World Taekwondo Championships

The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 100 nations took part in the...

 in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany

Germany

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, she won the silver medal in the welterweight (-67 kg) division, losing to 2000 Olympic champion Lee Sun-Hee

Lee Sun-Hee

Lee Sun-Hee is a female South Korean taekwondo practitioner and Olympic champion. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she won the gold medal in the 67 kg competition. She won 6-3 in the final against Trude Gundersen of Norway.-References:...

 of South Korea

South Korea

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 in the final. In 2008, she participated in the European Takwondo Championships

2008 European Taekwondo Championships

The 2008 European Taekwondo Championships were held at the in Rome, Italy. The event took place from April 10 to April 13, 2008.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

 in Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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, and won the gold medal in the middleweight (-72 kg) division.

Šarić represented her country and won the bronze medal in the - 67kg class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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