María Torres
María Torres García is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is also a two-time silver medalist in the women's +68kg event at the World Games.
Career
Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. 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.Torres won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. She also competed in the women's +68kg event where she was eliminated in her third match. Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Two weeks later, she won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
Torres competed in the women's +68kg 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 +68kg event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. Torres won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.
Torres lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the 2024 European Karate Championships held in Zadar, Croatia. A year later, she won a bronze medal in her event at the 2025 European Karate Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia. She won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
| 2018 | World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Team kumite |
| 2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | Kumite +68kg |
| 2022 | European Championships | Gaziantep, Turkey | 3rd | Team kumite |
| 2022 | World Games | Birmingham, United States | 2nd | Kumite +68kg |
| 2023 | European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 3rd | Kumite +68kg |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | Kumite +68kg |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Team kumite |
| 2025 | European Championships | Yerevan, Armenia | 3rd | Kumite +68kg |
| 2025 | World Games | Chengdu, China | 2nd | Kumite +68kg |