María Torres

Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.^[7] In June 2021, she competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[8]

Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey.^[9][10] She also competed in the women's +68 kg event where she was eliminated in her third match.^[10] Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.^[11] Two weeks later, she won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.^[5][6]

Torres competed in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain where she was eliminated in her first match. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.^[12] Torres won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[13][14] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.^[14]

Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia.^[15] A year later, she won a bronze medal in her event at the 2025 European Karate Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.^[16] She won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China.^[17][18]