2000 World Karate Championships

2000 World Karate Championships

Host city	Munich, Germany
Dates	12–15 October
Main venue	Olympiahalle
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The 2000 World Karate Championships are the 15th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Munich, Germany from October 12 to October 15, 2000.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Michaël Milon  France	Japan	Luca Valdesi  Italy
Team kata	Japan	France	Spain
Kumite −60 kg	France	Italy	Damien Dovy  Benin
			Japan
Kumite −65 kg	Germany	Spain	France
			George Kotaka  United States
Kumite −70 kg	Junior Lefevre  Croatia	Senegal	Iran
			France
Kumite −75 kg	Spain	Germany	David Félix  France
			Italy
Kumite −80 kg	Netherlands	France	Thomas Nitschmann  Germany
			Spain
Kumite +80 kg	Senegal	Seydina Baldé  France	Iran
			Germany
Kumite open	Christophe Pinna  France	Italy	Iran
			Greece
Team kumite	France Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry David Félix Robert Gomis	Germany Thomas Nitschmann	England
			Spain

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	France	Italy
Team kata	France	Japan	Italy
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	France	Peru
			FR Yugoslavia
Kumite −60 kg	Germany	Italy	FR Yugoslavia
			Japan
Kumite +60 kg	Japan	Spain	Austria
			Laurence Fischer  France
Kumite open	Yıldız Aras  Turkey	France	Japan
			Italy
Team kumite	France Laurence Fischer	Spain Sonia Gómez	Japan
			Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	6	6	4	16
2	Japan	4	2	4	10
3	Germany*	2	2	2	6
4	Spain	1	3	3	7
5	Senegal	1	1	0	2
6	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
9	Italy	0	3	5	8
10	Iran	0	0	3	3
11	FR Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Benin	0	0	1	1
	England	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		17	17	30	64

References[]

External links[]

• World Karate Federation
• Official Website
• Karate Records – World Championship 2000
• Results