Andrea Armada

Andrea Armada
Personal information
Full name	Andrea Armada Ruiz
Born	12 January 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Country	Venezuela
Sport	Karate
Event	Individual kata
Medal record
Women's karate
Representing Venezuela
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Bolivarian Games

Andrea Armada Ruiz (born 12 January 2000)^[1] is a Venezuelan karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.^[2]^[3] She also won this medal at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Career

In 2018, Armada won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In June 2021, Armada competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] In November 2021, she competed at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[5]

Armada won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2022 Bolivarian Games held in Valledupar, Colombia.^[6] She won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay.

In 2023, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[7]

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event
2018	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	2nd	Individual kata
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	3rd	Individual kata
2022	Bolivarian Games	Valledupar, Colombia	3rd	Individual kata
2022	South American Games	Asunción, Paraguay	2nd	Individual kata
2023	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	Individual kata
2023	Pan American Games	Santiago, Chile	3rd	Individual kata

^ "Andrea Armada". 2019 Pan American Games. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Canadians Lalonde, Arop race to gold medals and Pan Am records in Lima". Sportsnet.ca. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Medalists" (PDF). 2022 Bolivarian Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "2023 Pan American Games Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.