2023 World Karate Championships

The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3]

2023 World Championships
VenueLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
LocationHungary Budapest, Hungary
Dates24–29 October

Iranian team's visa problems

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The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons.[4] These karatekas were present in the men's kata and the women's committee.[5][6]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan4116
2  Egypt2248
3  Turkey2215
4  France2035
5  Spain1236
6  Kazakhstan1113
7  Jordan1012
8  Azerbaijan1001
  China1001
  Greece1001
11  Italy0257
12  Iran0112
13  Bulgaria0101
  Hong Kong0101
  Hungary*0101
  Montenegro0101
  Switzerland0101
18  Ukraine0033
19  Venezuela0022
20  Croatia0011
  Indonesia0011
  Kosovo0011
  Saudi Arabia0011
  Serbia0011
  United States0011
Individual Neutral Athletes[a]0011
Totals (25 entries)16163264

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
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Ali Sofuoğlu
  Turkey
Damián Quintero
  Spain
Ariel Torres
  United States
Kakeru Nishiyama
  Japan
Team kata
details
  Japan
Koji Arimoto
Kazumasa Moto
Ryuji Moto
  Turkey
Emre Vefa Göktaş
Enes Özdemir
Ali Sofuoğlu
  Spain
Salvador Balbuena
Sergio Galán
Rubén García
Raúl Martín
  Italy
Gianluca Gallo
Alessio Ghinami
Alessandro Iodice
Kumite −60 kg
details
Christos-Stefanos Xenos
  Greece
Kaisar Alpysbay
  Kazakhstan
Angelo Crescenzo
  Italy
Eray Şamdan
  Turkey
Kumite −67 kg
details
Steven Da Costa
  France
Nenad Dulović
  Montenegro
Didar Amirali
  Kazakhstan
Fahad Al-Khathami
  Saudi Arabia
Kumite −75 kg
details
Abdalla Abdelaziz
  Egypt
Gábor Hárspataki
  Hungary
Ernest Sharafutdinov
Individual Neutral Athletes
Andrii Zaplitnyi
  Ukraine
Kumite −84 kg
details
Youssef Badawy
  Egypt
Mehdi Khodabakhshi
  Iran
Valerii Chobotar
  Ukraine
Mohammad Al-Jafari
  Jordan
Kumite +84 kg
details
Mehdi Filali
  France
Taha Mahmoud
  Egypt
Đorđe Tešanović
  Serbia
Sajjad Ganjzadeh
  Iran
Team kumite
details
  Jordan
Zaki Abu Qaoud
Mohammad Al-Jafari
Afeef Ghaith
Abdallah Hammad
Hasan Masarweh
Yousef Nofal
Ahmad Shadid
  Egypt
Abdalla Abdelaziz
Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad
Youssef Badawy
Ahmed El-Masry
Ali El-Sawy
Taha Tarek Mahmoud
Omar Ashraf Mohamed
  France
Enzo Berthon
Kilian Cizo
Jessie Da Costa
Steven Da Costa
Mehdi Filali
Thanh-Liêm Lê
Younesse Salmi
  Italy
Matteo Avanzini
Matteo Fiore
Luca Maresca
Simone Marino
Michele Martina
Andre Minardi
Lorenzo Pietromarchi

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Hikaru Ono
  Japan
Grace Lau
  Hong Kong
Paola García
  Spain
Terryana D'Onofrio
  Italy
Team kata
details
  Japan
Saori Ishibashi
Chiho Mizukami
Sae Taira
  Italy
Terryana D'Onofrio
Michela Rizzo
Elena Roversi
  Spain
Paola García
María López
Gema Morales
Raquel Roy
  Egypt
Asmaa Allam
Noha Amr Antar
Aya Hesham
Kumite −50 kg
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Moldir Zhangbyrbay
  Kazakhstan
Erminia Perfetto
  Italy
Reem Ahmed Salama
  Egypt
Yorgelis Salazar
  Venezuela
Kumite −55 kg
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Tuba Yakan
  Turkey
Ivet Goranova
  Bulgaria
Barbara Pérez
  Venezuela
Anzhelika Terliuga
  Ukraine
Kumite −61 kg
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Gong Li
  China
Fatma Naz Yenen
  Turkey
Laura Sivert
  France
Noursin Aly
  Egypt
Kumite −68 kg
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Irina Zaretska
  Azerbaijan
Elena Quirici
  Switzerland
Alizée Agier
  France
Ceyco Georgia Zefanya
  Indonesia
Kumite +68 kg
details
Ayaka Saito
  Japan
María Torres
  Spain
Menna Shaaban Okila
  Egypt
Clio Ferracuti
  Italy
Team kumite
details
  Spain
Carlota Fernández
Adriana Gil
María Nieto
María Torres
  Japan
Tsubasa Kama
Ayaka Saito
Yuzuki Sawae
Sarara Shimada
  Kosovo
Albulena Gervalla
Fortesa Orana
Vlera Qerimi
Hatigje Zejnullahu
  Croatia
Sadea Bečirević
Nikolina Golomboš
Lucija Lesjak
Lea Vukoja

Notes

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  1. ^ 12 Russian and 5 Belarusian karatekas participated as Individual Neutral Athletes as a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The World Karate Federation does not include the medals won by these karatekas in the official medal table.

References

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  1. ^ "Competition calendar for 2023 announced".
  2. ^ "WKF President meets Hungarian delegation to discuss 2023 World Championships in Budapest".
  3. ^ "WKF Online Registration".
  4. ^ ایران, عصر. "بعد از عربستان؛ مجارستان هم به ورزشکاران کاراته ایران ویزا نداد !". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. ^ رادیوفردا (2023-10-21). "افزایش "عدم صدور ویزا" برای تیم‌های ورزشی ایران؛ آلبانی به تیم کشتی امید ویزا نداد". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  6. ^ "رد دسته‌جمعی ملی‌پوشان کاراته ایران از سوی سفارت مجارستان!/ ویزای عربستان هم صادر نشد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
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