Facts: - sport: taekwondo - event: 67 kg - weight: 62 kg lb 0 on - headercolor: lightblue - height: 1.75 0 on - birth date: 13 march 1979 - fullname: vanina paola sanchez beron - name: vanina sanchez - birth place: san martin de los andes , neuquen , argentina Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vanina sanchez .
vanina paola sanchez beron -lrb- born march 13 , 1979 in san martin de los andes , neuquen -rrb- is an argentine taekwondo practitioner .she is a three-time medalist at the pan american games , and a silver medalist for the 60 kg division at the 1995 world taekwondo championships in manila , philippines .sanchez made her official debut for the 2004 summer olympics in athens , where she competed in the women 's welterweight category -lrb- 67 kg -rrb- .she lost the first preliminary match to philippines ' mary antoinette rivero by a superiority decision from the judges , with a score of 10 -- 10 .at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , sanchez qualified for the second time in the women 's 67 kg class after winning the championship title from the pan american qualification tournament in cali , colombia .sanchez improved her performance from the previous games by defeating turkey 's sibel guler in the preliminary round ; however , she lost her next match to canada 's karine sergerie , who was able to score three points at the end of the game .because sergerie advanced further into the final match against south korea 's hwang kyung-seon , sanchez offered another shot for the bronze medal through the repechage bout , where she was defeated by australia 's tina morgan , with a default score of 2 -- 9 .