2023 World Karate Championships

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2023 World Championships
VenueLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
LocationHungary Budapest, Hungary
Dates24–29 October

The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3]

Iranian team's visa problems[edit]

The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons.[4] These karatekas were present in the men's kata and the women's committee.[5][6]

Medal table[edit]

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan4116
2 Egypt2248
3 Turkey2215
4 France2035
5 Spain1236
6 Kazakhstan1113
7 Jordan1012
8 Azerbaijan1001
 China1001
 Greece1001
11 Italy0257
12 Iran0112
13 Bulgaria0101
 Hong Kong0101
 Hungary*0101
 Montenegro0101
  Switzerland0101
18 Ukraine0033
19 Venezuela0022
20 Croatia0011
 Indonesia0011
 Kosovo0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 Serbia0011
 United States0011
Individual Neutral Athletes[a]0011
Totals (25 entries)16163264

Medalists[edit]

Men[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Ali Sofuoğlu
 Turkey
Damián Quintero
 Spain
Ariel Torres
 United States
Kakeru Nishiyama
 Japan
Team kata
details
 Japan
Koji Arimoto
Kazumasa Moto
Ryuji Moto
 Turkey
Emre Vefa Göktaş
Enes Özdemir
Ali Sofuoğlu
 Spain
Salvador Balbuena
Sergio Galán
Rubén García
Raúl Martín
 Italy
Gianluca Gallo
Alessio Ghinami
Alessandro Iodice
Kumite −60 kg
details
Christos-Stefanos Xenos
 Greece
Kaisar Alpysbay
 Kazakhstan
Angelo Crescenzo
 Italy
Eray Şamdan
 Turkey
Kumite −67 kg
details
Steven Da Costa
 France
Nenad Dulović
 Montenegro
Didar Amirali
 Kazakhstan
Fahad Al-Khathami
 Saudi Arabia
Kumite −75 kg
details
Abdalla Abdelaziz
 Egypt
Gábor Hárspataki
 Hungary
Ernest Sharafutdinov
Individual Neutral Athletes
Andrii Zaplitnyi
 Ukraine
Kumite −84 kg
details
Youssef Badawy
 Egypt
Mehdi Khodabakhshi
 Iran
Valerii Chobotar
 Ukraine
Mohammad Al-Jafari
 Jordan
Kumite +84 kg
details
Mehdi Filali
 France
Taha Mahmoud
 Egypt
Đorđe Tešanović
 Serbia
Sajad Ganjzadeh
 Iran
Team kumite
details
 Jordan
Zaki Abu Qaoud
Mohammad Al-Jafari
Afeef Ghaith
Abdallah Hammad
Hasan Masarweh
Yousef Nofal
Ahmad Shadid
 Egypt
Abdalla Abdelaziz
Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad
Youssef Badawy
Ahmed El-Masry
Ali El-Sawy
Taha Tarek Mahmoud
Omar Ashraf Mohamed
 France
Enzo Berthon
Kilian Cizo
Jessie Da Costa
Steven Da Costa
Mehdi Filali
Thanh-Liêm Lê
Younesse Salmi
 Italy
Matteo Avanzini
Matteo Fiore
Luca Maresca
Simone Marino
Michele Martina
Andre Minardi
Lorenzo Pietromarchi

Women[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Hikaru Ono
 Japan
Grace Lau
 Hong Kong
Paola García
 Spain
Terryana D'Onofrio
 Italy
Team kata
details
 Japan
Saori Ishibashi
Chiho Mizukami
Sae Taira
 Italy
Terryana D'Onofrio
Michela Rizzo
Elena Roversi
 Spain
Paola García
María López
Gema Morales
Raquel Roy
 Egypt
Asmaa Allam
Noha Amr Antar
Aya Hesham
Kumite −50 kg
details
Moldir Zhangbyrbay
 Kazakhstan
Erminia Perfetto
 Italy
Reem Ahmed Salama
 Egypt
Yorgelis Salazar
 Venezuela
Kumite −55 kg
details
Tuba Yakan
 Turkey
Ivet Goranova
 Bulgaria
Barbara Pérez
 Venezuela
Anzhelika Terliuga
 Ukraine
Kumite −61 kg
details
Gong Li
 China
Fatma Naz Yenen
 Turkey
Laura Sivert
 France
Noursin Aly
 Egypt
Kumite −68 kg
details
Irina Zaretska
 Azerbaijan
Elena Quirici
 Switzerland
Alizée Agier
 France
Ceyco Georgia Zefanya
 Indonesia
Kumite +68 kg
details
Ayaka Saito
 Japan
María Torres
 Spain
Menna Shaaban Okila
 Egypt
Clio Ferracuti
 Italy
Team kumite
details
 Spain
Carlota Fernández
Adriana Gil
María Nieto
María Torres
 Japan
Tsubasa Kama
Ayaka Saito
Yuzuki Sawae
Sarara Shimada
 Kosovo
Albulena Gervalla
Fortesa Orana
Vlera Qerimi
Hatigje Zejnullahu
 Croatia
Sadea Bečirević
Nikolina Golomboš
Lucija Lesjak
Lea Vukoja

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 12 Russian and 5 Belarusian karatekas participated as Individual Neutral Athletes as a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The World Karate Federation does not include the medals won by these karatekas in the official medal table.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Competition calendar for 2023 announced".
  2. ^ "WKF President meets Hungarian delegation to discuss 2023 World Championships in Budapest".
  3. ^ "WKF Online Registration".
  4. ^ ایران, عصر. "بعد از عربستان؛ مجارستان هم به ورزشکاران کاراته ایران ویزا نداد !". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. ^ رادیوفردا (2023-10-21). "افزایش "عدم صدور ویزا" برای تیم‌های ورزشی ایران؛ آلبانی به تیم کشتی امید ویزا نداد". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  6. ^ "رد دسته‌جمعی ملی‌پوشان کاراته ایران از سوی سفارت مجارستان!/ ویزای عربستان هم صادر نشد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

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