2006 World Karate Championships
| Host city | Tampere, Finland |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–15 October |
| Main venue | Tampereen jäähalli |
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.
Medalists
Men
| 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 |
France Julien 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 |
Women
| 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 |
| Switzerland Fanny Clavien Reta Duverney Marilena Rubini Diana Schwab |
Medal table
| 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 | |
Participating nations
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)
References
- ^ "18th World Karate Seniors Championships". WKF. Archived from the original (ZIP) on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2020.