Karate at the World Games
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| 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. Karate has been a World Games sport in every edition of The World Games.
Medalists
[edit]Men
[edit]Kata
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara |  Keji Okada (JPN) | Masashi Koyama (JPN) |  Domingo Llanos (USA) |
| 1985 London | Tsuguo Sakamoto (JPN) | Masashi Koyama (JPN) | Julio Martinez (USA) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Tsuguo Sakamoto (JPN) |  Dario Marchini (ITA) | Tomoyuki Aihara (JPN) Pasquale Acri (ITA) |
| 1993 The Hague | Ryoki Abe (JPN) | Pasquale Acri (ITA) |  Laurent Riccio (FRA) |
| 1997 Lahti | Ryoki Abe (JPN) | Lucio Maurino (ITA) | Yukimitsu Hasegawa (JPN) |
| 2001 Akita | Ryoki Abe (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) |  Ibrahim Magdy Ahmed (EGY) | Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) |  Damián Quintero (ESP) | Antonio Díaz (VEN) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Kazumasa Moto (JPN) | Damián Quintero (ESP) | Gakuji Tozaki (USA) |
Kumite −60 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Masayuki Naito (JPN) | Fernando Roseuero (ESP) |  Joe Tierney (GBR) Giuseppe Tinnirello (ITA) |
| 1985 London | Sinichi Hasegawa (JPN) |  Ino Alberto (NED) | Jean-Louis Granet (FRA) Abdu Shaher (GBR) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe |  Stein Rønning (NOR) | Nicola Simmi (ITA) | Sinichi Hasegawa (JPN) Abdu Shaher (GBR) |
| 1993 The Hague | Norimassa Fujita (JPN) |  Veysel Bugur (TUR) | Damien Dovy (FRA) Peter Overbeck (GER) |
| 1997 Lahti | David Luque (ESP) |  Michal Šebesta (SVK) | Alessandro Lancione (ITA) Shinichiro Yamamoto (JPN) |
| 2001 Akita | Kenichi Imai (JPN) | Francesco Ortu (ITA) | Milo Hodge (GBR) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Michele Giuliani (ITA) |  Yuriy Kalashnikov (RUS) | Miguel Yépez (VEN) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung |  Douglas Brose (BRA) |  Hsia Wenhaung (TPE) |  Danil Domdjoni (CRO) |
| 2013 Cali |  Andres Felipe Rendon Llanos (COL) | Douglas Brose (BRA) |  El Mehdi Benrouida (MAR) |
| 2017 Wrocław |  Firdovsi Farzaliyev (AZE) |  Amir Mehdizadeh (IRI) | Matías Gómez (ESP) |
| 2022 Birmingham |  Ayoub Anis Helassa (ALG) | Douglas Brose (BRA) | Angelo Crescenzo (ITA) |
Kumite −65 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Yoshikazu Ono (JPN) | Toshiaki Maeda (JPN) | Robert De Luca (ITA) Kesayoshi Yokouchi (JPN) |
| 1985 London | Roel van Loen (NED) | Arno Lund (NOR) |  Ignacio Lugo (MEX) Ramon Malave (SWE) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe |  Janne Timonen (FIN) | Reginaldo Doran (NED) | Francesco Muffato (ITA) Jesús Juan Rubio (ESP) |
| 1993 The Hague | Murat Uysal (GER) | Michael Braun (FRA) | Jeffrey Snel (NED) |
| 1997 Lahti |  Marc Golding (AUS) | Olli Ortiz (FIN) | Sveinung Byberg (NOR) Jukka Koivunen (FIN) |
| 2001 Akita | Jason Ledgister (GBR) | Jean Carlos Peña (VEN) | Yusuke Inokoshi (JPN) |
| 2005 Duisburg |  Dimitrios Triantafyllis (GRE) | Luis Plumacher (VEN) | Christian Grüner (GER) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung |  Ádám Kovács (HUN) | William Rollé (FRA) | Ömer Kemaloğlu (TUR) |
Kumite −67 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Jose Guillermo Ramirez Gutierrez (COL) | Magdy Mamdouh Mohamed (EGY) | Tsuneari Yahiro (AUS) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Steven Da Costa (FRA) | Jordan Thomas (GBR) |  Deivis Ferreras (DOM) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Vinícius Figueira (BRA) | Yves Martial Tadissi (HUN) | Dionysios Xenos (GRE) |
Kumite −70 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Cecil Hackett (GBR) | Bernard Bilicki (FRA) | Yukiyoshi Marutani (JPN) Seiji Nishimura (JPN) |
| 1985 London | Cecil Hackett (GBR) | Jim Collins (GBR) | Kyo Hayashi (JPN) Thierry Masci (FRA) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Jörg Reus (GER) | William Thomas (GBR) | Yoshimiro Anzai (JPN) Appie Echteld (NED) |
| 1993 The Hague | Junichi Watanabe (JPN) | Massimiliano Oggiano (ITA) | Ronny Rivano (NED) William Thomas (GBR) |
| 1997 Lahti | Claudio della Rocca (ITA) | Kimmo Obiora (FIN) | Reza Mohseni (SWE) |
| 2001 Akita | Yasuhisa Inada (JPN) | Yoshinori Matsumoto (JPN) | Hussein el-Desouky (EGY) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Giuseppe di Domenico (ITA) | Emilio Oviedo (MEX) | Sayguidmagomed Shakhrudinov (RUS) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Jean Carlos Peña (VEN) | Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | Tamer Mourssy (EGY) |
Kumite −75 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Lin Chi-min (TPE) | Fred Royers (NED) | Gouze (FRA) Ángel López (ESP) |
| 1985 London | Yorihisa Uchida (JPN) | Serge Serfati (ITA) | D. Beam (USA) Didier Moreau (FRA) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Toni Dietl (FRG) |  Djim Doula (SUI) | Ko Haashi (JPN) Kosta Sariyannis (FRG) |
| 1993 The Hague | Wayne Otto (GBR) | Gabriel Berg (SWE) | Ali Aktepe (NED) Saeid Ashtian (IRI) |
| 1997 Lahti | Salvatore Loria (ITA) | Jussi Immonen (FIN) | Alireza Katiraei (IRI) Kazuaki Matsumoto (JPN) |
| 2001 Akita | Gennaro Talarico (ITA) | Takahiro Niki (JPN) |  Adnan Hadzic (BIH) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Köksal Cakir (GER) | Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE) | Klaudio Farmadin (SVK) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Michail Georgios Tzanos (GRE) |  Diego Vandeschrick (BEL) | Kou Matsuhisa (JPN) |
| 2013 Cali | Rafael Aghayev (AZE) | Noah Bitsch (GER) | Mohamed Abdelrahman Ali (EGY) |
| 2017 Wrocław |  Stanislav Horuna (UKR) | Ali Asghar Asiabari (IRI) | Hernâni Veríssimo (BRA) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Abdalla Abdelaziz (EGY) | Stanislav Horuna (UKR) |  Dastonbek Otabolaev (UZB) |
Kumite −80 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Osamu Kamikodo (JPN) | Hisao Murase (JPN) | Tokey Hill (USA) Otti Roethoff (NED) |
| 1985 London | Gianluca Guazzaroni (ITA) | Pierre Pinar (FRA) | Arild Engh (NOR) Mervyn Etienne (GBR) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Gianluca Guazzaroni (ITA) | Kemal Aktepe (NED) | Sven Mohnssen (FRG) Ralf Wintergarst (FRG) |
| 1993 The Hague | Augustus Paul (GBR) | Miko Virkola (FIN) | Peter Bathoorn (NED) Sami Tainen (FIN) |
| 1997 Lahti | Toshihito Kokubun (JPN) |  George Petermann (AUT) | Simon Adolfsson (SWE) Jørn Ove Hansen (NOR) |
| 2001 Akita | Salvatore Loria (ITA) | William Finegan (USA) | Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Islamutdin Eldaruchev (RUS) | Salvatore Loria (ITA) |  Philippe Poirier (CAN) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Huang Hao-yun (TPE) | Islamutdin Eldaruchev (RUS) | Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE) |
Kumite −84 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Ryutaro Araga (JPN) | Hany Shaker Keshta (EGY) | Michail Georgios Tzanos (GRE) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Zabihollah Poursheib (IRI) | Ryutaro Araga (JPN) | Uğur Aktaş (TUR) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Youssef Badawy (EGY) | Nabil Ech-chaabi (MAR) | Kamran Madani (USA) |
Kumite +80 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Ludwig Kotzebue (NED) | Mohammadjalal Mohammadian (IRI) | Claudio Guazzaroni (ITA) Francisco Torres (ESP) |
| 1985 London | Mohammadjalal Mohammadian (IRI) | Leslie Jensen (SWE) | Karl Daggfeldt (SWE) Massimo di Luigi (ITA) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Claudio Guazzaroni (ITA) | Ralf Brachmann (FRG) | Ian Cole (GBR) Juan Antonio Hernández (ESP) |
| 1993 The Hague | Marc Hamon (CAN) | Ian Cole (GBR) | Pierre Amman (SUI) Hans Roovers (NED) |
| 1997 Lahti | Leon Walters (GBR) | Davide Benetello (ITA) | Andrey Anikin (RUS) Gabriel Berg (SWE) |
| 2001 Akita | Seydina Baldé (FRA) | Stefano Maniscalco (ITA) | Leon Walters (GBR) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Alexander Gerunov (RUS) | Felix Kühnle (GER) | Alen Zamlic (CRO) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Jonathan Horne (GER) | Spyridon Margaritopoulos (GRE) |  Almir Cecunjanin (MNE) |
Kumite +84 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Jonathan Horne (GER) | Angel Aponte (VEN) | Shahin Atamov (AZE) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Hideyoshi Kagawa (JPN) | Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI) |  Michał Bąbos (POL) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Babacar Seck (ESP) | Anđelo Kvesić (CRO) | Taha Tarek (EGY) |
Kumite open
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Vic Charles (GBR) | Marc Pyrée (FRA) | Billy Blanks (USA) Claude Petinella (FRA) |
| 1985 London | Vic Charles (GBR) | Emmanuel Pinda (FRA) | Arild Engh (NOR) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Claudio Guazzaroni (ITA) | Yasumasa Shimizu (JPN) | Jürgen Möldner (GER) Marc Pyrée (FRA) |
| 1993 The Hague | Rob Mol (NED) | Marc Hamon (CAN) | Rogier Alken (NED) Reza Mohseni (SWE) |
| 1997 Lahti | Ian Cole (GBR) | Manabu Takenouchi (JPN) | Davide Benetello (ITA) Wayne Otto (GBR) |
| 2001 Akita | David Félix (FRA) | Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE) | Craig Burke (GBR) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Alexander Gerunov (RUS) | Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | Mohamed el-Shemy (EGY) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung |  Khalid Khalidov (KAZ) | Hany Shaker Keshta (EGY) | Almir Cecunjanin (MNE) |
Women
[edit]Kata
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | Susuko Okamura (JPN) | Mie Nakayama (JPN) | María Moreno (ESP) |
| 1985 London | Mie Nakayama (JPN) | Chu Meyyueh (TPE) | Stesuko Tajima (JPN) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Yuki Mimura (JPN) | Hisami Yokoyama (JPN) | Simone Schreiner (FRG) |
| 1993 The Hague | Yuki Mimura (JPN) | Simone Schreiner (GER) | Cathérine Bernard (FRA) |
| 1997 Lahti | Atsuko Wakai (JPN) | Roberta Sodero (ITA) | Cinzia Colaiacomo (ITA) |
| 2001 Akita | Atsuko Wakai (JPN) | Yohana Sànchez (VEN) | Junko Arai (USA) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Atsuko Wakai (JPN) | Myriam Szkudlarek (FRA) | Ana Sofia Martínez (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) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Sandra Sánchez (ESP) | Hikaru Ono (JPN) |  Grace Lau (HKG) |
Kumite −50 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Serap Özçelik (TUR) | Alexandra Recchia (FRA) | Maria Alexiadis (AUS) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Alexandra Recchia (FRA) | Miho Miyahara (JPN) | Serap Özçelik (TUR) |
| 2022 Birmingham |  Junna Tsukii (PHI) | Yorgelis Salazar (VEN) | Miho Miyahara (JPN) |
Kumite −53 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London | Cathérine Girardet (FRA) | Li Yan (TPE) | Alba Howard (USA) C. Sequara (VEN) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Cathérine Girardet (FRA) | Gerlinde Bude (FRG) | Shirley Graham (GBR) Yuko Hasama (JPN) |
| 1993 The Hague | Ivonne Senff (NED) | Marise Mazurier (FRA) | Sari Laine (FIN) Jillian Toney (GBR) |
| 1997 Lahti | Jillian Toney (GBR) | Eri Fujioka (JPN) | Theresia Larsson (SWE) Michaela Nanni (ITA) |
| 2001 Akita | Sachiko Miyamoto (JPN) | Eri Fujioka (JPN) | Sari Laine (FIN) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Heba Aly (EGY) | Tomoko Araga (JPN) | Kora Knühmann (GER) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Jelena Kovačević (CRO) | Chen Yen-hui (TPE) | Gülderen Çelik (TUR) |
Kumite −55 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Lucie Ignace (FRA) | Jelena Kovačević (CRO) | Yassmin Hamdy Attia (EGY) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Valéria Kumizaki (BRA) | Wen Tzu-yun (TPE) | Sara Cardin (ITA) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR) | Ahlam Youssef (EGY) | Trinity Allen (USA) |
Kumite −60 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London | Beverly Morris (GBR) | G. Black (USA) | Angelika Forster (FRG) Wang Kueiyang (TPE) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Brigitte Thäle (FRG) | Annette Bailey (GBR) | Akemi Kimura (JPN) Junko Kurata (JPN) |
| 1993 The Hague | Molly Samuel (GBR) | Annelies Bouma (NED) | Irene Lyez (AUT) Sari Nyback (FIN) |
| 1997 Lahti | Chiara Stella Bux (ITA) | Julliet Toney (GBR) | Mayuni Baba (JPN) Carmen García (ESP) |
| 2001 Akita |  Karin Prinsloo (RSA) | Kellie Shimmings (AUS) |  Roksanda Lazarevic (YUG) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Snezana Peric (SCG) | Maria Musall (GER) | Lejla Ferhatbegovic (BIH) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Mariya Sobol (RUS) | Eva Medvedová-Tulejová (SVK) | Ting Chang (TPE) |
Kumite −61 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Lina Marcela Gomez Alzate (COL) |  Jacqueline Andrea Factos Henao (ECU) | Olga Malofeeva (RUS) |
| 2017 Wrocław |  Alexandra Grande (PER) | Anita Serogina (UKR) | Ingrida Suchánková (SVK) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Anita Serogina (UKR) | Alexandra Grande (PER) | Ingrida Suchánková (SVK) |
Kumite −68 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Kayo Someya (JPN) | Ana Maria Escandon Loaiza (COL) | Cheryl Kimberly Murphy (USA) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Lamya Matoub (ALG) | Alisa Buchinger (AUT) | Kayo Someya (JPN) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Silvia Semeraro (ITA) | Alisa Buchinger (AUT) | Alizée Agier (FRA) |
Kumite +60 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London | Janice Argyle (GBR) | Rosa Maria Ghidotti (ITA) | Yvette Bryan (GBR) Stirre Nygaard (NOR) |
| 1989 Karlsruhe | Cathérine Belhriti (FRA) | Marie-Ange Legros (FRA) | Diane Reilly (GBR) Simone Schreiner (FRG) |
| 1993 The Hague | Karin Olsson (SWE) | Nurhan Firat (TUR) | Janice Francis (GBR) Yukiko Yoneda (JPN) |
| 1997 Lahti | Yukiko Yoneda (JPN) | Christina Madrid (MEX) | Patricia Duggin (GBR) Michaela Fryblova (NOR) |
| 2001 Akita | Emiko Honma (JPN) |  Tessy Scholtes (LUX) | Tania Weekes (GBR) |
| 2005 Duisburg | Nadine Ziemer (GER) | Elisa Au (USA) | Tania Weekes (GBR) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Arnela Odžaković (BIH) | Tiffany Fanjat (FRA) | Silvia Sperner (GER) |
Kumite +68 kg
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Cali | Ayumi Uekusa (JPN) | Nadege Ait Ibrahim (FRA) | Isabel Mallory Aco Bravo (PER) |
| 2017 Wrocław | Ayumi Uekusa (JPN) | Hamideh Abbasali (IRI) | Anne-Laure Florentin (FRA) |
| 2022 Birmingham | Sofya Berultseva (KAZ) | María Torres (ESP) |  Chehinez Jemi (TUN) |
Kumite open
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Duisburg | Yildiz Aras (TUR) | Natasha Hardy (AUS) | Nadine Ziemer (GER) |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Eva Medvedová-Tulejová (SVK) |  Letitia Carr (NZL) | Ema Aničić (CRO) |
