| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Karla Marlene Sánchez Rodríguez |
| Nationality |  Mexico |
| Born | (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 33) Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Karla Marlene Sánchez Rodríguez (born October 27, 1991, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican modern pentathlete. She is currently ranked no. 82 in the world by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
Sanchez qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female athlete in women's modern pentathlon. In the early rounds of the competition, Sanchez displayed her strong performance by attaining a fourth-place finish in the air pistol shooting event (AP40), with a score of 186 points. She placed eighteenth in one-touch épée fencing, with a total of seventeen victories and eighteen losses, but dropped to a lower position in freestyle swimming and show jumping segments. Following her poor performance in the final rounds, Sanchez finished the event with cross-country running in twenty-eighth place, for a total score of 5,156 points.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marlene Sánchez". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- "Women's Shooting". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- "Women's Modern Pentathlon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- "Quedó en el 28" [She was 28]. Notimex (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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