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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. Medalists Men Women Medal table Participating nations 1117 athletes from 140 nations competed. * (3) * (16) * (1) * (3) * (6) * (8) * (12) * (13) * (15) * (3) * (14) * (12) * (1) * (14) * (2) * (16) * (7) * (7) * (2) * (2) * (9) * (14) * (7) * (1) * (4) * (7) * (12) * (14) * (16) * (7) * (12) * (16) * (3) * (2) * (4) * (10) * (8) * (13) * (1) * (14) * (3) * (14) * (4) * (15) * (3) * (2) * (11) * (15) * (2) * (5) * (14) * (5) * (5) * (10) * (13) * (11) * (5) * (16) * (12) * (16) * (2) * (11) * (7) * (15) * (11) * (1) * (16) * (10) * (14) * (13) * (8) * (11) * (12) * (3) * (1) * (8) * (5) * (13) * (3) * (7) * (1) * (13) * (4) * (11) * (11) * (8) * (4) * (5) * (10) * (9) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (7) * (2) * (4) * (5) * (6) * (10) * (3) * (15)Peru competed under the WKF flag * (3) * (8) * (12) * (1) * (3) *Refugee Kara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Zand
Ali Zand ( fa, علی زند born May 25, 1999, June) is an Iranian karateka. was born in 1999 in Arak. Karate can be seen from the age of four under the supervision of his coach (Ghasem Shahrjerdi) and he is active in the Shitorio style. He has been in the national team camps since 2008, and together with his teammates won the first Iranian Men's Kata Team Adult Medal in the Karate World Championships in Madrid in 2018. Achievements Early life Zand began karate at the age of four with Nosrat Karimi and continued the sport under Qasim Shahrjerdi. He is currently an undergraduate biology student at Shahid Bahonar Cultural University of Isfahan and has obtained his diploma in experimental science. Sports career He has been in the national team camps since 2008, and together with his teammates won the first Iranian Men's Kata Team Adult Medal in the Karate World Championships in Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Busà
Luigi Busà (born 9 October 1987) is an Italian karateka. He is a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a five-time gold medalist at the European Karate Championships. He represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, winning the first-ever gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event. Career In 2015, Busà won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the final, he lost against Rafael Aghayev of Azerbaijan. In 2019, Busà won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Achievements See also *Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahman Askari
Bahman Asgari Ghoncheh ( fa, بهمن عسگری غنچه, born 21 December 1991) is an Iranian karateka athlete who won a gold medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships and at the 2018 Asian Games. 2020 Summer Olympics Bahman Asgari was qualified for Tokyo through the World Karate Federation's (WKF) Olympic rankings in the 75 kg category. However, he has been banned for 12 months for using a "prohibited substance" by the World Karate Federation in July 2021 and he missed the 2020 Olympics. Achievements Karate1 Premier League The Karate1 Premier League is a Karate competition Initiated by the World Karate Federation in the year of 2011 with two tournaments held in Paris and Istanbul, the Karate1-Premier League- has made exponential progress in terms of magnitude and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamoun Derafshipour
Hamoon Derafshipour (, born September 22, 1992, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian karateka. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where karate will be featured for the first time, as part of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Refugee Olympic Team, He started practicing karate when he was 7 years old. Previously, Derafshipour won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual -67 kg Kumite at the 2018 Senior World Karate Championships at Madrid, Spain and Two Asian Karate Championships titles, and several other medals, including three golds and three bronze in the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League Championship. Hamoon is currently living in Canada with his wife after leaving his country Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camilo Velozo
Camilo Esteban Velozo Zúñiga (born 2 February 1996) is a Chilean karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67kg event. In 2021, Velozo competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was eliminated in his third match by Sultan Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia. Velozo competed in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 South American Games The XII South American Games (Spanish: ''XII Juegos Suramericanos Asunción 2022'') was a multi-sport event held between 1–15 October 2022 in Asunción, Paraguay. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization, the Paraguaya ... held in Asunción, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinícius Figueira
Vinícius Figueira (born 15 April 1991) is a Brazilian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. Career In 2014, Figueira won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67kg event. In March 2020, Figueira was scheduled to represent Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate. This changed in March 2021 after the World Karate Federation revised the system for Olympic qualification. In June 2021, he failed to qualify at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Figueira won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67kg event at the 2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Da Costa
Steven Da Costa, sometimes written as Steven Dacosta (born 23 January 1997) is a French karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a two-time gold medalist in the men's 67 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021) and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships (2016, 2019 and 2023). Career At the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event. In the final, he lost against Burak Uygur of Turkey. In 2016, Da Costa won the silver medal in the under-21 men's 67 kg event at the EKF Cadet, Junior and under-21 Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. A few months later, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Montpelier, France. He also won the gold medal in the men's team kumite event. At the World University Karate Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdessalam Ameknassi
Abdessalam Ameknassi is a Moroccan karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. At the 2018 Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60kg event. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2019 African Karate Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kumite event. He represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ... held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60kg event. He also won the silver medal in the men's team kumite event. Achievements References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkhan Assadilov
Darkhan Assadilov (born 8 August 1987) is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. He is also a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships. Career In 2009, he competed in the men's kumite 60 kg at the World Games held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan without winning a medal. He won one match, drew one match and lost one match and he did not advance to the knock-out stage. At the Asian Games he competed in the men's kumite 60 kg event in 2014 and in that event in 2018 without winning a medal. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. In 2020, he qualified to represent Kazakhstan in karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoto Sago
Naoto Sago (佐合尚人, ''Sagō Naoto'', is a Japanese karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite −60 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ... in karate. He competed in the men's 67 kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals. Achievements References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese male karateka Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1992 births Olympic karateka of Japan 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-karate-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Crescenzo
Angelo Crescenzo (born 5 August 1993) is an Italian karateka athlete who won a gold medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −67 kg. He won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. Life He was born in Sarno. Crescenzo represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In November 2021, Crescenzo won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Crescenzo lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. He won the bronze medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. Crescenzo won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
