2006_World_Karate_Championships
2006 World Karate Championships
Karate competition
The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.
Quick Facts Host city, Dates ...
| Host city |  Tampere, Finland |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–15 October |
| Main venue | Tampereen jäähalli |
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Men
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy |
Takashi Katada Japan |
Akio Tamashiro Peru |
Antonio Díaz Venezuela | |||
| Team kata | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi |
 FranceJulien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol |
Japan |
 Egypt | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Hossein Rouhani Iran |
Gurban Taghiyev Azerbaijan |
Montassar Tabben Tunisia |
| Ibrahim Khalifa Egypt | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | César Castaño Spain |
Luis Plumacher Venezuela |
Donny Dharmawan Indonesia |
Marko Lučić Croatia | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan |
Diego Vandeschrick Belgium |
Saeid Farrokhi Iran |
| Takuro Nihei Japan | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Jasem Vishkaei Iran |
David Santana Spain |
El-Sayed El-Feky Egypt |
| Ko Matsuhisa Japan | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Luigi Busà Italy |
Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt |
Esmaeil Torkzad Iran |
Philippe Poirier Canada | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Marko Luhamaa Estonia |
Mohanad Magdy Egypt |
Stefano Maniscalco Italy |
| Yann Baillon France | |||
| Kumite open | Stefano Maniscalco Italy |
Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands |
Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan |
| Iván Leal Spain | |||
| Team kumite | Spain Iván Leal Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez David Santana Óscar Vázquez |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Egypt |
 England |
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Women
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Sara Battaglia Italy |
Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam |
Myriam Szkudlarek France |
Eimi Kurita United States | |||
| Team kata | France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel |
Japan |
Spain Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz |
| Peru | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Tomoko Araga Japan |
Selene Guglielmi Italy |
Heba El-Sayed Egypt |
Kora Knühmann Germany | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Eva Medveďová Slovakia |
Nassim Varasteh Canada |
Diana Schwab Switzerland |
| Yuka Sato Japan | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer France |
Ayaka Arai Japan |
Jessica Bratich Australia |
Tamara Filipović Serbia | |||
| Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey |
Yadira Lira Mexico |
Claudia Niţu Romania |
| Snežana Perić Serbia | |||
| Team kumite | Japan |
Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Lucía Zamora |
Germany Jeannine Herrgesell Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Nadine Ziemer |
 SwitzerlandFanny Clavien Reta Duverney Marilena Rubini Diana Schwab |
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More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 | |
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766 athletes from 81 nations competed.[1]
Andorra (2)
Australia (11)
Austria (11)
Azerbaijan (9)
Bangladesh (4)
Belarus (13)
Belgium (5)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (16)
Botswana (9)
Brazil (24)
Bulgaria (7)
Canada (13)
Chile (1)
Chinese Taipei (6)
Colombia (4)
Congo (7)
Croatia (24)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (14)
Denmark (5)
Egypt (16)
England (12)
Estonia (11)
Finland (11)
France (24)
Germany (19)
Greece (12)
Guatemala (7)
Hong Kong (13)
Hungary (3)
Iceland (2)
India (3)
Indonesia (19)
Iran (16)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (16)
Ivory Coast (8)
Japan (19)
Kazakhstan (10)
Kuwait (12)
Latvia (9)
Libya (2)
Luxembourg (1)
Macau (11)
Macedonia (8)
Malaysia (14)
Mexico (8)
Montenegro (15)
Morocco (1)
Netherlands (11)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (4)
Nicaragua (1)
Norway (6)
Pakistan (4)
Peru (7)
Philippines (6)
Poland (9)
Portugal (2)
Qatar (7)
Romania (3)
Russia (22)
Scotland (10)
Senegal (13)
Serbia (19)
Seychelles (1)
Slovakia (10)
Slovenia (5)
South Africa (16)
South Korea (6)
Spain (21)
Sweden (16)
Switzerland (13)
Tunisia (8)
Turkey (17)
Ukraine (3)
United States (16)
Venezuela (11)
Vietnam (1)
Wales (2)
- "18th World Karate Seniors Championships". WKF. Archived from the original (ZIP) on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2020.