Wang Yi-ta () is a Taiwanese karateka. Wang won third place at the

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games in Busan in 2012, and took second place at the Karate1 Premier League games in Paris in 2018, and two third places at the events in Rotterdam and

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. He has competed several times at the

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, winning silver at the 2013 Championships in Dubai, bronze at the 2017 Championships in Astana, and silver at the 2018 Championships in Amman. At the

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, Wang competed in the Men's kata events, defeating Chris Cheng, Kuok Kin Hang, and Park Heejun to reach the final, but losing to Ryo Kiyuna of Japan, to take the silver medal. At the

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in Doha, Wang took silver in the

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. Wang, then 13th in the World Karate Federation's rankings, defeated a number of higher-ranked favourites to reach the final. He completed at the

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, finishing fifth in his pool during the elimination round.

Achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Yi-Ta Asian Games medalists in karate Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Karateka at the 2014 Asian Games Karateka at the 2018 Asian Games Living people Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Taiwanese male karateka Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1991 births 21st-century Taiwanese people