2006 World Karate Championships

2006 World Karate Championships

Host city	Tampere, Finland
Dates	12–15 October
Main venue	Tampereen jäähalli
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The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi  Italy	Japan	Akio Tamashiro  Peru
			Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
Team kata	Italy Luca Valdesi	France	Japan
			Egypt
Kumite −60 kg	Hossein Rouhani  Iran	Azerbaijan	Tunisia
			Egypt
Kumite −65 kg	Spain	Luis Plumacher  Venezuela	Indonesia
			Croatia
Kumite −70 kg	Rafael Aghayev  Azerbaijan	Belgium	Iran
			Japan
Kumite −75 kg	Jasem Vishkaei  Iran	Spain	Egypt
			Japan
Kumite −80 kg	Luigi Busà  Italy	Egypt	Iran
			Canada
Kumite +80 kg	Estonia	Egypt	Italy
			France
Kumite open	Italy	Netherlands	Kazakhstan
			Spain
Team kumite	Spain	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Egypt
			England

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Sara Battaglia  Italy	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân  Vietnam	France
			United States
Team kata	France	Japan	Spain
			Peru
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	Italy	Egypt
			Germany
Kumite −60 kg	Slovakia	Canada	Switzerland
			Japan
Kumite +60 kg	Laurence Fischer  France	Japan	Australia
			Serbia
Kumite open	Yıldız Aras  Turkey	Yadira Lira  Mexico	Romania
			Snežana Perić  Serbia
Team kumite	Japan	Spain	Germany Nadine Ziemer
			Switzerland

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	5	1	1	7
2	Japan	2	3	4	9
3	Spain	2	2	2	6
4	France	2	1	2	5
5	Iran	2	0	2	4
6	Azerbaijan	1	1	0	2
7	Estonia	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
	Turkey	1	0	0	1
10	Egypt	0	2	5	7
11	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Venezuela	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
18	Germany	0	0	2	2
	Peru	0	0	2	2
	Serbia	0	0	2	2
	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
22	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	England	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 nations)		17	17	34	68

Participating nations[]

766 athletes from 81 nations competed.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• World Karate Federation
• Karate Records – World Championship 2006
• Men's results  Women's results  Team results