2021 Asian Karate Championships

The 2021 Asian Karate Championships were the 17th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20 to 22, December 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3] The event was held at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace.^[4]^[5]

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Ryo Kiyuna Japan	Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda Indonesia	Iran
Individual kata	Ryo Kiyuna Japan	Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda Indonesia	Mohammad Al-Mosawi Kuwait
Team kata	Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura	Iran Ali Zand	Indonesia
Team kata	Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura	Iran Ali Zand	Kuwait Mohammad Al-Mosawi
Kumite −55 kg	Andrey Aktauov Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia	Indonesia
Kumite −55 kg	Andrey Aktauov Kazakhstan	Saudi Arabia	Iran
Kumite −60 kg	Jordan	Iran	Kuwait
Kumite −60 kg	Jordan	Iran	Saudi Arabia
Kumite −67 kg	Soichiro Nakano Japan	Saudi Arabia	Didar Amirali Kazakhstan
Kumite −67 kg	Soichiro Nakano Japan	Saudi Arabia	Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan
Kumite −75 kg	Japan	Saudi Arabia	Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan
Kumite −75 kg	Japan	Saudi Arabia	Iran
Kumite −84 kg	Zabihollah Poursheib Iran	Japan	Chinese Taipei
Kumite −84 kg	Zabihollah Poursheib Iran	Japan	South Korea
Kumite +84 kg	Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia	Saleh Abazari Iran	United Arab Emirates
Kumite +84 kg	Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia	Saleh Abazari Iran	Kyrgyzstan
Team kumite	Kazakhstan Nurkanat Azhikanov Daniyar Yuldashev	Iran Saleh Abazari Sajjad Ganjzadeh Zabihollah Poursheib	Saudi Arabia Tareg Hamedi
Team kumite	Kazakhstan Nurkanat Azhikanov Daniyar Yuldashev	Iran Saleh Abazari Sajjad Ganjzadeh Zabihollah Poursheib	Jordan Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Hikaru Ono Japan	Indonesia	Philippines
Individual kata	Hikaru Ono Japan	Indonesia	Grace Lau Hong Kong
Team kata	Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira	Indonesia	Iran
Team kata	Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira	Indonesia	Hong Kong
Kumite −50 kg	Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan	Junna Tsukii Philippines	Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei
Kumite −50 kg	Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan	Junna Tsukii Philippines	Hong Kong
Kumite −55 kg	Vietnam	Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei	Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani Indonesia
Kumite −55 kg	Vietnam	Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei	Taravat Khaksar Iran
Kumite −61 kg	United Arab Emirates	Jamie Lim Philippines	Rozita Alipour Iran
Kumite −61 kg	United Arab Emirates	Jamie Lim Philippines	Kyrgyzstan
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Iran	Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Vietnam
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Iran	Kazakhstan
Kumite +68 kg	Japan	Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan	Iran
Kumite +68 kg	Japan	Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan	Thailand
Team kumite	Vietnam Hồ Thị Thu Hiền	United Arab Emirates	Japan Kayo Someya
Team kumite	Vietnam Hồ Thị Thu Hiền	United Arab Emirates	Kazakhstan Sofya Berultseva Sabina Zakharova Moldir Zhangbyrbay


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	1	1	10
2	Kazakhstan	3	1	4	8
3	Vietnam	2	0	1	3
4	Iran	1	5	7	13
5	Saudi Arabia	1	3	2	6
6	United Arab Emirates	1	1	1	3
7	Jordan	1	0	2	3
8	Indonesia	0	3	3	6
9	Philippines	0	2	1	3
10	Chinese Taipei	0	1	2	3
11	Hong Kong	0	0	3	3
11	Kuwait	0	0	3	3
13	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2	2
14	South Korea	0	0	1	1
14	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		17	17	34	68

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