2006 World Karate Championships

2006 World Karate Championships
Host city Finland Tampere, Finland
Dates October 12–15
Main venue Tampereen jäähalli
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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 (ITA)
 Takashi Katada
Japan (JPN)
 Akio Tamashiro
Peru (PER)
 Antonio Díaz
Venezuela (VEN)
Team kata  Italy  France  Japan
 Egypt
Kumite −60 kg  Hossein Rouhani
Iran (IRI)
 Gurban Taghiyev
Azerbaijan (AZE)
 Montassar Tabben
Tunisia (TUN)
 Ibrahim Khalifa
Egypt (EGY)
Kumite −65 kg  César Castaño
Spain (ESP)
 Luis Plumacher
Venezuela (VEN)
 Donny Dharmawan
Indonesia (INA)
 Marko Lučić
Croatia (CRO)
Kumite −70 kg  Rafael Aghayev
Azerbaijan (AZE)
 Diego Vandeschrick
Belgium (BEL)
 Saeid Farrokhi
Iran (IRI)
 Takuro Nihei
Japan (JPN)
Kumite −75 kg  Jasem Vishgahi
Iran (IRI)
 David Santana
Spain (ESP)
 El-Sayed El-Feky
Egypt (EGY)
 Ko Matsuhisa
Japan (JPN)
Kumite −80 kg  Luigi Busà
Italy (ITA)
 Mohamed Abdelrahman
Egypt (EGY)
 Esmaeil Torkzad
Iran (IRI)
 Philippe Poirier
Canada (CAN)
Kumite +80 kg  Marko Luhamaa
Estonia (EST)
 Mohanad Magdy
Egypt (EGY)
 Stefano Maniscalco
Italy (ITA)
 Yann Baillon
France (FRA)
Kumite open  Stefano Maniscalco
Italy (ITA)
 Daniël Sabanovic
Netherlands (NED)
 Khalid Khalidov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Iván Leal
Spain (ESP)
Team kumite  Spain  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Egypt
 England

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata  Sara Battaglia
Italy (ITA)
 Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân
Vietnam (VIE)
 Myriam Szkudlarek
France (FRA)
 Eimi Kurita
United States (USA)
Team kata  France  Japan  Spain
 Peru
Kumite −53 kg  Tomoko Araga
Japan (JPN)
 Selene Guglielmi
Italy (ITA)
 Heba El-Sayed
Egypt (EGY)
 Kora Knühmann
Germany (GER)
Kumite −60 kg  Eva Medveďová
Slovakia (SVK)
 Nassim Varasteh
Canada (CAN)
 Diana Schwab
Switzerland (SUI)
 Yuka Sato
Japan (JPN)
Kumite +60 kg  Laurence Fischer
France (FRA)
 Ayaka Arai
Japan (JPN)
 Jessica Bratich
Australia (AUS)
 Tamara Filipović
Serbia (SRB)
Kumite open  Yıldız Aras
Turkey (TUR)
 Yadira Lira
Mexico (MEX)
 Claudia Niţu
Romania (ROU)
 Snežana Perić
Serbia (SRB)
Team kumite  Japan  Spain  Germany
  Switzerland

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Italy 5117
2 Japan 2349
3 Spain 2226
4 France 2125
5 Iran 2024
6 Azerbaijan 1102
7 Estonia 1001
 Slovakia 1001
 Turkey 1001
10 Egypt 0257
11 Canada 0112
 Venezuela 0112
13 Belgium 0101
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0101
 Mexico 0101
 Netherlands 0101
 Vietnam 0101
18 Germany 0022
 Peru 0022
 Serbia 0022
  Switzerland 0022
22 Australia 0011
 Croatia 0011
 England 0011
 Indonesia 0011
 Kazakhstan 0011
 Romania 0011
 Tunisia 0011
 United States 0011
Total 17 17 34 68

Participating nations

766 athletes from 81 nations competed.

References

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