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Karate At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics . 80 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division). Host nation Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 8 events, while four are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation. Qualifying standards The 10 competitors in each event qualify as follows: * 1 from the host nation, Japan * 4 from the Olympic Standing ranking of 5 April 2021 * 3 from the Olympics Karate 2020 Qualification Tournament * 2 from continental representation or Tripartite Commission invitation Because the World Karate Federation rankings are based on five weight classes instead of the three weight classes featured in the 2020 Olympics, some of the Olympic events are based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the debut appearance of karate at the Summer Olympics. Karate was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program specifically for 2020, rather than as a permanent sport. The karate competitions at the 2020 Olympics featured eight events. Two karate disciplines were featured: kumite was the sparring discipline and had three weight classes each for men and women; kata was the solo form discipline, and had one event each for men and women. Competitors chose the kata to demonstrate from 102 kata that were recognized by the World Karate Federation. Competitors were not allowed to demonstrate the same kata twice during the tournament. Each event had 10 competitors. The three weight classes in Olympic competition for kumite were in contrast to the five normally used by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The two lightest (-60kg and -67kg for men, -50kg and -55kg for women) were ... [...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] |
Rafael Aghayev
Rafael Mahir Aghayev ( az, Rafael Ağayev; born March 4, 1985, in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is a five-time world champion, and eleven-time European champion in his discipline. Aghayev is currently signed by Karate Combat and is 4-0. Early life After graduating from secondary school No. 21 in 2003, Aghayev entered the field of martial arts at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport graduating in 2007 as a specialty trainer-instructor in karate. From 2007 to 2008, he served in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the Aghjabadi District, before being transferred to the Central Sports Club of the Ministry of Defence due to his status as a promising sportsman. Aghayev's father encouraged a love for sports in his three sons, and thus, Aghayev always intended to pursue a career in athletics. His oldest brother Ruslan trained in Judo, and ... [...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] |
Ken Nishimura
Ken Nishimura (born 31 December 1995) is a Japanese karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate. He competed in the men's 75 kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals. Career At the 2016 World University Karate Championships held in Braga, Portugal, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event and the gold medal in the men's team kumite event. A few months later, at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria, he won the silver medal in the men's team kumite event. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 75 kg and men's team kumite events at the World Karate Championships The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). The co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamoon 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] |
Andrés Madera
Andrés Madera Delgado is a Venezuelan karateka. He won Gold Medal in the Men's Individual -67 Kg Kumite at the 2019 XVIII Pan American Games Karate at Lima, Peru. Career Previously, Madera won a bronze medal in the Men's Individual -67 Kg Kumite at the 2016 Senior World Karate Championships at Linz, Austria and he won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals in the Pan American Games, Pan American championship, South American championship, Central American and Caribbean Games and American Centre Championships. He also won several medals in the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League and Series A Championships, and he was the 2017 GRAND WINNER of the Male Kumite -67 kg category. Achievements He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan through the Continental Representation qualifying spots, where karate will be featured for the first time and now he will represent Venezuela Team at the 2020 Summer Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalvis Kalniņš
Kalvis Kalniņš (born 16 February 1991) is a Latvian karateka. He is a five-time medalist at the European Karate Championships: in total, he won one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Kalniņš represented Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 67kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals. Career Kalniņš won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2019, Kalniņš won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In May 2021, Kalniņš won the silver medal in his 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 qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firdovsi Farzaliyev
Firdovsi Farzaliyev (born 10 July 1993) is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan and at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. He also won one of the bronze medals in this event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria. He represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 67 kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals. Career He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. In the final, he defeated Amir Mehdizadeh of Iran. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa
Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa ( ar, عبد الرحمن المصاطفة; born 26 May 1996) is a Jordanian karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a two-time medalist at the Asian Games and a six-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships. Career He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships held in Amman, Jordan. In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Jordan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the Olympics, he won one of the bronze medals in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eray Şamdan
Eray Şamdan (born 25 July 1997) is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite. He won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, he took the bronze medal in the Kumite 60 kg event at the Mediterranean Games held in Tarragona, Spain. He won the bronze medal in the Kumite −60 kg event at the 2019 European Karate Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, and the gold medal in the same event at the 2021 European Championships in Poreč, Croatia. He qualified at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France to represent Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 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 ... held in Oran, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali El-Sawy
Ali Mohamed Mohamed El-Sawy (born February 16, 1995) is an Egyptian karateka. He is the current World Number 1 Rank in the Men’s Individual -67 Kg Kumite and he won a Bronze Medal in Karate at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games held at Baku Sports Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan from 13 to 14 May 2017. he got bronze medal at world championship Dubai 2021 Career He won the gold medal in Male Kumite -67 kg, his first title of Karate’s most important competition in nearly two years in WKF Karate 1 Premier League 2020-=2021 and previously he won medals in the World Karate Championships. He also won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals in the African & Mediterranean Championships as well as the World Karate Federation Karate 1 Premier League and Series A Championships. Achievements He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan as WKF Olympic Standings Ranking qualifying spots, where karate will be featured for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
