Sari Laine

Sari Laine
Born (1962-11-18) November 18, 1962
Helsinki, Finland
Style Karate

Sari Laine (born November 18, 1962, Helsinki, Finland) she is a Finnish karateka.She has a 5th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple World Karate Championships and is in the Guinness World Records for winning the most Karate medals.[1]

The biggest achievement in Laine's sports career was achieved in 1994 in the World Karate Championships. She has also World Cup 1998 and World Championships since 1986. In the European Karate Championships she has achieved seven personal championships and a total of 21 medals. She won the championship in 1987, 1991, 1992 (her own weight class and open series), 1994, 1995 (open series) and 1996.[2][3]

References

  1. "Suomi menestynytkansainvälisillä kentillä" (PDF) (in Finnish). karateliitto.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. "Suomi menestynyt kansainvälisillä kentillä" (PDF). Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  3. "Karateliiton Hall of Fame - Suomen Karateliitto". Karateliitto.fi. Retrieved 23 June 2017.


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