2018 World Karate Championships

The 2018 World Karate Championships were the 24th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 6 to November 11, 2018.[1]

2018 World Karate Championships
Host citySpain Madrid, Spain
Dates6–11 November
Main venueWiZink Center
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Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
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Ryo Kiyuna
  Japan
Damián Quintero
  Spain
Ali Sofuoğlu
  Turkey
Mattia Busato
  Italy
Team kata
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  Japan
Arata Kinjo
Ryo Kiyuna
Takuya Uemura
  Spain
José Carbonell
Sergio Galán
Francisco Salazar
  Iran
Milad Delikhoun
Abolfazl Shahrjerdi
Ali Zand
  Italy
Gianluca Gallo
Alessandro Iodice
Giuseppe Panagia
Kumite −60 kg
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Angelo Crescenzo
  Italy
Naoto Sago
  Japan
Darkhan Assadilov
  Kazakhstan
Abdessalam Ameknassi
  Morocco
Kumite −67 kg
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Steven Da Costa
  France
Vinícius Figueira
  Brazil
Camilo Velozo
  Chile
Hamoun Derafshipour
  Iran
Kumite −75 kg
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Bahman Askari
  Iran
Luigi Busà
  Italy
Ken Nishimura
  Japan
Rafael Aghayev
  Azerbaijan
Kumite −84 kg
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Ivan Kvesić
  Croatia
Valerii Chobotar
  Ukraine
Zabihollah Pourshab
  Iran
Uğur Aktaş
  Turkey
Kumite +84 kg
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Jonathan Horne
  Germany
Sajjad Ganjzadeh
  Iran
Babacar Seck
  Spain
Alparslan Yamanoğlu
  Turkey
Team kumite
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  Iran
Saleh Abazari
Ali Asghar Asiabari
Bahman Askari
Sajjad Ganjzadeh
Saman Heidari
Mehdi Khodabakhshi
Zabihollah Pourshab
  Turkey
Uğur Aktaş
Erman Eltemur
Samed Gök
Rıdvan Kaptan
Ömer Abdurrahim Özer
Burak Uygur
Alparslan Yamanoğlu
  Japan
Daiki Ando
Ryutaro Araga
Hideyoshi Kagawa
Yuta Mori
Ken Nishimura
Yusei Sakiyama
Rikito Shimada
  Italy
Ahmed El Sharaby
Rabia Jendoubi
Nello Maestri
Luca Maresca
Simone Marino
Michele Martina
Andrea Minardi

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
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Sandra Sánchez
  Spain
Kiyou Shimizu
  Japan
Grace Lau
  Hong Kong
Viviana Bottaro
  Italy
Team kata
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  Japan
Saori Ishibashi
Mai Mugiyama
Sae Taira
  Spain
Marta García
Lidia Rodríguez
Raquel Roy
  Italy
Sara Battaglia
Terryana D'Onofrio
Michela Pezzetti
  Turkey
Dilara Bozan
Rabia Küsmüş
Gizem Sofuoğlu
Kumite −50 kg
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Miho Miyahara
  Japan
Serap Özçelik
  Turkey
Bettina Plank
  Austria
Sara Bahmanyar
  Iran
Kumite −55 kg
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Dorota Banaszczyk
  Poland
Jana Bitsch
  Germany
Wen Tzu-yun
  Chinese Taipei
Ivet Goranova
  Bulgaria
Kumite −61 kg
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Jovana Preković
  Serbia
Yin Xiaoyan
  China
Btissam Sadini
  Morocco
Giana Farouk
  Egypt
Kumite −68 kg
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Irina Zaretska
  Azerbaijan
Victoria Isaeva
  Russia
Lamya Matoub
  Algeria
Miroslava Kopúňová
  Slovakia
Kumite +68 kg
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Eleni Chatziliadou
  Greece
Ayumi Uekusa
  Japan
Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed
  Egypt
Hana Antunovic
  Sweden
Team kumite
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  France
Léa Avazeri
Andréa Brito
Leïla Heurtault
Laura Sivert
  Japan
Natsumi Kawamura
Ayaka Saito
Mayumi Someya
Ayumi Uekusa
  Spain
Cristina Ferrer
Laura Palacio
María Torres
Cristina Vizcaíno
  Egypt
Aisha Abdelrahman
Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed
Feryal Abdelaziz
Giana Farouk

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan44210
2  Iran2147
3  France2002
4  Spain1326
5  Italy1157
6  Germany1102
7  Azerbaijan1012
8  Croatia1001
  Greece1001
  Poland1001
  Serbia1001
12  Turkey0246
13  Brazil0101
  China0101
  Russia0101
  Ukraine0101
17  Egypt0033
18  Morocco0022
19  Algeria0011
  Austria0011
  Bulgaria0011
  Chile0011
  Chinese Taipei0011
  Hong Kong0011
  Kazakhstan0011
  Slovakia0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (27 entries)16163264

Participating nations

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1117 athletes from 140 nations competed.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Remembering the 2018 Karate World Championships". World Karate Federation. 11 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "24th World Senior Karate Championships – Participation List". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ Kosovo competed under the WKF flag
  4. ^ Peru competed under the WKF flag
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