2012 World Karate Championships

2012 World Karate Championships

Host city	Paris, France
Dates	21–25 November
Main venue	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
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The 2012 World Karate Championships are the 21st edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Paris, France from November 21 to November 25, 2012.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Antonio Díaz  Venezuela	Vu Duc Minh Dack  France	Luca Valdesi  Italy
			Ryo Kiyuna  Japan
Team kata	Japan	Italy Luca Valdesi	France
			Egypt
Kumite −60 kg	Amir Mehdizadeh  Iran	Douglas Brose  Brazil	Mohamed Gamal  Egypt
			Marko Antić  Serbia
Kumite −67 kg	Egypt	Saeid Ahmadi  Iran	United States
			France
Kumite −75 kg	Luigi Busà  Italy	Rafael Aghayev  Azerbaijan	Algeria
			Japan
Kumite −84 kg	France	Ryutaro Araga  Japan	Yavuz Karamollaoğlu  Turkey
			Azerbaijan
Kumite +84 kg	Enes Erkan  Turkey	Azerbaijan	Kazakhstan
			Italy
Team kumite	France Mathieu Cossou Ibrahim Gary Azdin Rghioui	Turkey Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu	Iran Maziar Elhami Zabihollah Poursheib Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh
			Egypt Mohamed Gamal

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Rika Usami  Japan	Sandy Scordo  France	Sakura Kokumai  United States
			Spain
Team kata	Japan	Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti	Spain Sonia García
			France
Kumite −50 kg	Alexandra Recchia  France	China	Serap Özçelik  Turkey
			Ana Villanueva  Dominican Republic
Kumite −55 kg	Lucie Ignace  France	Croatia	Yassmin Hamdy  Egypt
			Japan
Kumite −61 kg	France	Tunisia	Elena Quirici  Switzerland
			Japan
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya  Japan	Hafsa Şeyda Burucu  Turkey	Egypt
			France
Kumite +68 kg	France	Italy	Ayumi Uekusa  Japan
			Eleni Chatziliadou  Greece
Team kumite	France Alexandra Recchia Emily Thouy	Croatia Maša Martinović	Turkey Serap Özçelik Tuba Yenen Meltem Hocaoğlu Hafsa Şeyda Burucu
			Japan Kayo Someya Ayumi Uekusa

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	7	2	4	13
2	Japan	4	1	6	11
3	Italy	1	3	2	6
4	Turkey	1	2	3	6
5	Iran	1	1	1	3
6	Egypt	1	0	5	6
7	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
8	Azerbaijan	0	2	1	3
9	Croatia	0	2	0	2
10	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
13	Spain	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
15	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		16	16	32	64

Participating nations[]

990 athletes from 116 nations competed.^[1]

References[]

• Results

External links[]

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