2006 World Karate Championships

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.

2006 World Karate Championships
Host cityFinland Tampere, Finland
Dates12–15 October
Main venueTampereen jäähalli
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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Luca Valdesi
  Italy
Takashi Katada
  Japan
Akio Tamashiro
  Peru
Antonio Díaz
  Venezuela
Team kata   Italy
Vincenzo Figuccio
Lucio Maurino
Luca Valdesi
  France
Julien Dupont
Ayoub Neghliz
Jonathan Plagnol
  Japan
  Egypt
Kumite −60 kg Hossein Rouhani
  Iran
Gurban Taghiyev
  Azerbaijan
Montassar Tabben
  Tunisia
Ibrahim Khalifa
  Egypt
Kumite −65 kg César Castaño
  Spain
Luis Plumacher
  Venezuela
Donny Dharmawan
  Indonesia
Marko Lučić
  Croatia
Kumite −70 kg Rafael Aghayev
  Azerbaijan
Diego Vandeschrick
  Belgium
Saeid Farrokhi
  Iran
Takuro Nihei
  Japan
Kumite −75 kg Jasem Vishkaei
  Iran
David Santana
  Spain
El-Sayed El-Feky
  Egypt
Ko Matsuhisa
  Japan
Kumite −80 kg Luigi Busà
  Italy
Mohamed Abdelrahman
  Egypt
Esmaeil Torkzad
  Iran
Philippe Poirier
  Canada
Kumite +80 kg Marko Luhamaa
  Estonia
Mohanad Magdy
  Egypt
Stefano Maniscalco
  Italy
Yann Baillon
  France
Kumite open Stefano Maniscalco
  Italy
Daniël Sabanovic
  Netherlands
Khalid Khalidov
  Kazakhstan
Iván Leal
  Spain
Team kumite   Spain
Iván Leal
Francisco Martínez
Óscar Martínez
Cristian Rodríguez
Antonio Sánchez
David Santana
Óscar Vázquez
  Bosnia and Herzegovina   Egypt
  England

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Sara Battaglia
  Italy
Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân
  Vietnam
Myriam Szkudlarek
  France
Eimi Kurita
  United States
Team kata   France
Jessica Buil
Sabrina Buil
Laëtitia Guesnel
  Japan   Spain
Miriam Cogolludo
Ruth Jiménez
Almudena Muñoz
  Peru
Kumite −53 kg Tomoko Araga
  Japan
Selene Guglielmi
  Italy
Heba El-Sayed
  Egypt
Kora Knühmann
  Germany
Kumite −60 kg Eva Medveďová
  Slovakia
Nassim Varasteh
  Canada
Diana Schwab
  Switzerland
Yuka Sato
  Japan
Kumite +60 kg Laurence Fischer
  France
Ayaka Arai
  Japan
Jessica Bratich
  Australia
Tamara Filipović
  Serbia
Kumite open Yıldız Aras
  Turkey
Yadira Lira
  Mexico
Claudia Niţu
  Romania
Snežana Perić
  Serbia
Team kumite   Japan   Spain
Gloria Casanova
Irene Colomar
Cristina Feo
Lucía Zamora
  Germany
Jeannine Herrgesell
Kora Knühmann
Silvia Sperner
Nadine Ziemer
  Switzerland
Fanny Clavien
Reta Duverney
Marilena Rubini
Diana Schwab

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy5117
2  Japan2349
3  Spain2226
4  France2125
5  Iran2024
6  Azerbaijan1102
7  Estonia1001
  Slovakia1001
  Turkey1001
10  Egypt0257
11  Canada0112
  Venezuela0112
13  Belgium0101
  Bosnia and Herzegovina0101
  Mexico0101
  Netherlands0101
  Vietnam0101
18  Germany0022
  Peru0022
  Serbia0022
  Switzerland0022
22  Australia0011
  Croatia0011
  England0011
  Indonesia0011
  Kazakhstan0011
  Romania0011
  Tunisia0011
  United States0011
Totals (29 entries)17173468

Participating nations

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766 athletes from 81 nations competed.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "18th World Karate Seniors Championships". WKF. Archived from the original (ZIP) on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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