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Christos-Stefanos Xenos
Christos-Stefanos Xenos (born 21 March 2000) is a Greek karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He is also a three-time medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships. Career In May 2021, Xenos won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In that same year, Xenos also competed in the men's 60kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Xenos won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. He also competed in the men's 60kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Xenos won the silver medal in the men's 60kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using Punch (combat), punching, kicking, knee (strike), knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as Knifehand strike, knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and kyusho-jitsu, vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediterranean Games Competitors For Greece
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The Sea has played a central role in the history of Western civilization. Geological evidence indicates that around 5.9 million years ago, the Mediterranean was cut off from the Atlantic and was partly or completely desiccated over a period of some 600,000 years during the Messinian salinity crisis before being refilled by the Zanclean flood about 5.3 million years ago. The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about , representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface, but its connection to the Atlantic via the Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa—is only wide. The Mediterranean Sea enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karateka At The 2022 Mediterranean Games
(; ; Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō era of 1912–1926. In 1922, the Japanese Ministry of Education invited Gichin Funakoshi to Tokyo to give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Male Karateka
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Place Of Birth Missing (living People)
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Karate At The 2023 European Games ...
Karate competitions at the 2023 European Games was held on 22 and 23 June 2023 at the Bielsko-Biała Arena.https://www.wkf.net/pdf/2023_EuropeanGames_athletes.pdf Medal table Medalists Men Women Qualification References External linksOfficial website {{Events at the 2023 European Games Sports at the 2023 European Games 2023 European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysios Xenos
Dionysios Xenos (born 5 July 1995) is a Greek karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67kg event at the 2021 European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. Career Xenos won one of the bronze medals in the under-21 men's 67kg event at the 2016 EKF Cadet, Junior and under-21 Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. In June 2021, Xenos competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. A month later, Xenos lost his bronze medal match in the men's 67kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Xenos won the gold medal in the men's 67kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. In the final, he defeated Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaisar Alpysbay
Kaisar Alpysbay is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China and the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. Career In 2021, Alpysbay lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2022, Alpysbay won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. Alpysbay won the gold medal in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 Asian Karate Championships held in Malacca, Malaysia. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. He defeated Abdullah Shaaban of Kuwait in his gold medal match. In the same month, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mediterranean Games
The 2022 Mediterranean Games ( ar, ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 2022, links=, lit=, translit=ʾAlʿāb al-Baḥr al-ʾAbyaḍ al-Mutawassiṭ 2022), officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Pescara, Italy, on 15 August 2015. 3,390 athletes took part in the games. Bidding process Five cities signed an official declaration of candidacy for hosting the 2021 Mediterranean Games, two from Africa and three from Europe: The final candidates were Oran and Sfax. Oran planned to take the Games to Algeria for the second time after the 1975 Mediterranean Games in Algiers. Sfax planned to take the Games to Tunisia for the third time after the 1967 Mediterranean Games and the 2001 Mediterranean Games, both in Tunis. Oran won by 51-17 after voting. Host city selection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate At The 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 60 Kg
The men's 60 kg competition in karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 26 June at the Mohammed ben Ahmed CCO Hall 03 and 06 in Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural .... Results Bracket Repechage References M60 {{DEFAULTSORT:Karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games - Men's 60 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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