Karate at the World Games

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Karate at the World Games

Competition details
Discipline	Karate
Type	kumite and kata, biennial
Organiser	World Karate Federation (WKF)

Karate was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Kata[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(JPN)	(JPN)	(USA)
1985 London	(JPN)	(JPN)	(USA)
1989 Karlsruhe	(JPN)	(ITA)	(JPN)   (ITA)
1993 The Hague	(JPN)	(ITA)	(FRA)
1997 Lahti	(JPN)	(ITA)	(JPN)
2001 Akita	(JPN)	Luca Valdesi (ITA)	Antonio Díaz (VEN)
2005 Duisburg	Antonio Díaz (VEN)	Luca Valdesi (ITA)	Akio Tamashiro (PER)
2009 Kaohsiung	Luca Valdesi (ITA)	Vu Duc Minh Dack (FRA)	Antonio Díaz (VEN)
2013 Cali	Antonio Díaz (VEN)	(EGY)	Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)
2017 Wrocław	Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)	Damián Quintero (ESP)	Antonio Díaz (VEN)

Kumite −60 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(JPN)	(ESP)	(GBR)   (ITA)
1985 London	(JPN)	(NED)	(FRA)  Abdu Shaher (GBR)
1989 Karlsruhe	Stein Rønning (NOR)	(ITA)	(JPN)  Abdu Shaher (GBR)
1993 The Hague	(JPN)	(TUR)	Damien Dovy (FRA)   (GER)
1997 Lahti	David Luque (ESP)	(SVK)	(ITA)   (JPN)
2001 Akita	(JPN)	(ITA)	(GBR)
2005 Duisburg	(ITA)	(RUS)	(VEN)
2009 Kaohsiung	(BRA)	(TPE)	Danil Domdjoni (CRO)
2013 Cali	(COL)	(BRA)	(MAR)
2017 Wrocław	Firdovsi Farzaliyev (AZE)	Amir Mehdizadeh (IRI)	(ESP)

Kumite −65 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(JPN)	(JPN)	(ITA)   (JPN)
1985 London	(NED)	(NOR)	(MEX)   (SWE)
1989 Karlsruhe	(FIN)	(NED)	(ITA)   (ESP)
1993 The Hague	(GER)	(FRA)	(NED)
1997 Lahti	(AUS)	(FIN)	(NOR)   (FIN)
2001 Akita	(GBR)	(VEN)	Yusuke Inokoshi (JPN)
2005 Duisburg	(GRE)	Luis Plumacher (VEN)	(GER)
2009 Kaohsiung	Ádám Kovács (HUN)	(FRA)	Ömer Kemaloğlu (TUR)

Kumite −67 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	(COL)	(EGY)	Tsuneari Yahiro (AUS)
2017 Wrocław	Steven Da Costa (FRA)	Jordan Thomas (GBR)	(DOM)

Kumite −70 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(GBR)	(FRA)	(JPN)  Seiji Nishimura (JPN)
1985 London	(GBR)	(GBR)	(JPN)   (FRA)
1989 Karlsruhe	(GER)	William Thomas (GBR)	(JPN)   (NED)
1993 The Hague	(JPN)	(ITA)	Ronny Rivano (NED)  William Thomas (GBR)
1997 Lahti	(ITA)	(FIN)	(SWE)
2001 Akita	(JPN)	(JPN)	(EGY)
2005 Duisburg	(ITA)	(MEX)	(RUS)
2009 Kaohsiung	(VEN)	(JPN)	(EGY)

Kumite −75 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(TPE)	Fred Royers (NED)	(FRA)   (ESP)
1985 London	(JPN)	(ITA)	(USA)   (FRA)
1989 Karlsruhe	Toni Dietl (FRG)	(SUI)	(JPN)   (FRG)
1993 The Hague	Wayne Otto (GBR)	(SWE)	(NED)   (IRI)
1997 Lahti	(ITA)	(FIN)	Alireza Katiraei (IRI)   (JPN)
2001 Akita	(ITA)	(JPN)	(BIH)
2005 Duisburg	(GER)	(GRE)	(SVK)
2009 Kaohsiung	(GRE)	(BEL)	(JPN)
2013 Cali	Rafael Aghayev (AZE)	Noah Bitsch (GER)	(EGY)
2017 Wrocław	Stanislav Horuna (UKR)	(IRI)	(BRA)

Kumite −80 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(JPN)	(JPN)	Tokey Hill (USA)  Otti Roethoff (NED)
1985 London	(ITA)	(FRA)	(NOR)  Mervyn Etienne (GBR)
1989 Karlsruhe	(ITA)	(NED)	(FRG)   (FRG)
1993 The Hague	(GBR)	(FIN)	(NED)   (FIN)
1997 Lahti	(JPN)	(AUT)	(SWE)   (NOR)
2001 Akita	(ITA)	(USA)	Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN)
2005 Duisburg	(RUS)	(ITA)	(CAN)
2009 Kaohsiung	(TPE)	(RUS)	(GRE)

Kumite −84 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Ryutaro Araga (JPN)	(EGY)	(GRE)
2017 Wrocław	Zabihollah Poursheib (IRI)	Ryutaro Araga (JPN)	Uğur Aktaş (TUR)

Kumite +80 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Ludwig Kotzebue (NED)	(TPE)	(ITA)   (ESP)
1985 London	Geoff Thompson (GBR)	(SWE)	(SWE)   (ITA)
1989 Karlsruhe	(ITA)	(FRG)	Ian Cole (GBR)   (ESP)
1993 The Hague	(CAN)	Ian Cole (GBR)	(SUI)   (NED)
1997 Lahti	Leon Walters (GBR)	(ITA)	(RUS)   (SWE)
2001 Akita	Seydina Baldé (FRA)	(ITA)	Leon Walters (GBR)
2005 Duisburg	Alexander Gerunov (RUS)	(GER)	(CRO)
2009 Kaohsiung	Jonathan Horne (GER)	(GRE)	(MNE)

Kumite +84 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Jonathan Horne (GER)	(VEN)	(AZE)
2017 Wrocław	Hideyoshi Kagawa (JPN)	Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)	(POL)

Kumite open[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	Vic Charles (GBR)	Marc Pyrée (FRA)	Billy Blanks (USA)   (FRA)
1985 London	Vic Charles (GBR)	Emmanuel Pinda (FRA)	(NOR)
1989 Karlsruhe	(ITA)	(JPN)	(GER)  Marc Pyrée (FRA)
1993 The Hague	(NED)	(CAN)	(NED)   (SWE)
1997 Lahti	Ian Cole (GBR)	(JPN)	(ITA)  Wayne Otto (GBR)
2001 Akita	David Félix (FRA)	(GRE)	(GBR)
2005 Duisburg	Alexander Gerunov (RUS)	(JPN)	(EGY)
2009 Kaohsiung	(KAZ)	(EGY)	(MNE)

Women[]

Kata[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1981 Santa Clara	(JPN)	(JPN)	(ESP)
1985 London	(JPN)	(TPE)	(JPN)
1989 Karlsruhe	(JPN)	(JPN)	(FRG)
1993 The Hague	(JPN)	(GER)	(FRA)
1997 Lahti	Atsuko Wakai (JPN)	(ITA)	(ITA)
2001 Akita	Atsuko Wakai (JPN)	(VEN)	(USA)
2005 Duisburg	Atsuko Wakai (JPN)	(FRA)	(VEN)
2009 Kaohsiung	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân (VIE)	María Dimitrova (DOM)	Sara Battaglia (ITA)
2013 Cali	Sandy Scordo (FRA)	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân (VIE)	Sara Battaglia (ITA)
2017 Wrocław	Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)	Sandra Sánchez (ESP)	Sandy Scordo (FRA)

Kumite −50 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Serap Özçelik (TUR)	Alexandra Recchia (FRA)	(AUS)
2017 Wrocław	Alexandra Recchia (FRA)	Miho Miyahara (JPN)	Serap Özçelik (TUR)

Kumite −53 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 London	(FRA)	(TPE)	(USA)   (VEN)
1989 Karlsruhe	(FRA)	(FRG)	(GBR)   (JPN)
1993 The Hague	(NED)	(FRA)	Sari Laine (FIN)  Jillian Toney (GBR)
1997 Lahti	Jillian Toney (GBR)	(JPN)	(SWE)   (ITA)
2001 Akita	(JPN)	(JPN)	Sari Laine (FIN)
2005 Duisburg	Heba Aly (EGY)	(JPN)	(GER)
2009 Kaohsiung	(CRO)	(TPE)	Gülderen Çelik (TUR)

Kumite −55 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Lucie Ignace (FRA)	(CRO)	(EGY)
2017 Wrocław	Valéria Kumizaki (BRA)	Wen Tzu-yun (TPE)	Sara Cardin (ITA)

Kumite −60 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 London	(GBR)	(USA)	(FRG)   (TPE)
1989 Karlsruhe	(FRG)	(GBR)	(JPN)   (JPN)
1993 The Hague	Molly Samuel (GBR)	(NED)	(AUT)   (FIN)
1997 Lahti	(ITA)	Julliet Toney (GBR)	(JPN)  Carmen García (ESP)
2001 Akita	Karin Prinsloo (RSA)	(AUS)	(YUG)
2005 Duisburg	Snezana Peric (SCG)	(GER)	(BIH)
2009 Kaohsiung	(RUS)	(SVK)	(TPE)

Kumite −61 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	(COL)	Jacqueline Andrea Factos Henao (ECU)	(RUS)
2017 Wrocław	Alexandra Grande (PER)	Anita Serogina (UKR)	Ingrida Suchánková (SVK)

Kumite −68 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Kayo Someya (JPN)	(COL)	(USA)
2017 Wrocław	Lamya Matoub (ALG)	Alisa Buchinger (AUT)	Kayo Someya (JPN)

Kumite +60 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 London	Janice Argyle (GBR)	(ITA)	(GBR)   (NOR)
1989 Karlsruhe	(FRA)	(FRA)	(GBR)   (FRG)
1993 The Hague	Karin Olsson (SWE)	Nurhan Firat (TUR)	Janice Francis (GBR)   (JPN)
1997 Lahti	(JPN)	(MEX)	Patricia Duggin (GBR)   (NOR)
2001 Akita	(JPN)	Tessy Scholtes (LUX)	Tania Weekes (GBR)
2005 Duisburg	Nadine Ziemer (GER)	Elisa Au (USA)	Tania Weekes (GBR)
2009 Kaohsiung	Arnela Odžaković (BIH)	(FRA)	(GER)

Kumite +68 kg[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Cali	Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)	(FRA)	(PER)
2017 Wrocław	Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)	Hamideh Abbasali (IRI)	Anne-Laure Florentin (FRA)

Kumite open[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005 Duisburg	Yildiz Aras (TUR)	(AUS)	Nadine Ziemer (GER)
2009 Kaohsiung	(SVK)	(NZL)	(CRO)

See also[]

External links[]

• World Games at Sports123 by Internet Archive
• 2005 World Games info system
• Karate Records - World Games