2012 World Karate Championships

2012 World Karate Championships
Host city	Paris, France
Dates	21–25 November
Main venue	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

The 2012 World Karate Championships are the 21st edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Paris, France from November 21 to November 25, 2012.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Antonio Díaz Venezuela	Vu Duc Minh Dack France	Luca Valdesi Italy
Individual kata	Antonio Díaz Venezuela	Vu Duc Minh Dack France	Ryo Kiyuna Japan
Team kata	Japan Koji Arimoto Takato Soma Takumi Sugino	Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino	France Jonathan Plagnol Romain Lacoste Jonathan Maruani
Team kata	Japan Koji Arimoto Takato Soma Takumi Sugino	Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino	Egypt Ibrahim Magdy Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmed Ashraf
Kumite −60 kg	Amir Mehdizadeh Iran	Douglas Brose Brazil	Mohamed Gamal Egypt
Kumite −60 kg	Amir Mehdizadeh Iran	Douglas Brose Brazil	Marko Antić Serbia
Kumite −67 kg	Magdy Mamdouh Egypt	Saeid Ahmadi Iran	Brian Ramrup United States
Kumite −67 kg	Magdy Mamdouh Egypt	Saeid Ahmadi Iran	William Rollé France
Kumite −75 kg	Luigi Busà Italy	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Oualid Bouabaoub Algeria
Kumite −75 kg	Luigi Busà Italy	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Ko Matsuhisa Japan
Kumite −84 kg	Kenji Grillon France	Ryutaro Araga Japan	Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Turkey
Kumite −84 kg	Kenji Grillon France	Ryutaro Araga Japan	Aykhan Mamayev Azerbaijan
Kumite +84 kg	Enes Erkan Turkey	Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan	Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan
Kumite +84 kg	Enes Erkan Turkey	Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan	Stefano Maniscalco Italy
Team kumite	France Mathieu Cossou Nadir Benaissa Kenji Grillon Ibrahim Gary Azdin Rghioui Salim Bendiab Logan Da Costa	Turkey Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin Gökhan Gündüz Mustafa Utku Şahin Aykut Usda	Iran Maziar Elhami Saeid Farrokhi Zabihollah Poursheib Ebrahim Hassanbeigi Saman Heidari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh
Team kumite			Egypt Hany Shakr Ahmed Sayed Ossama Abdelaziz Sayed Salem Mohamed Gamal Magdy Mamdouh Omar Ahmed

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Rika Usami Japan	Sandy Scordo France	Sakura Kokumai United States
Individual kata	Rika Usami Japan	Sandy Scordo France	Yaiza Martín Spain
Team kata	Japan Yoko Kimura Suzuka Kashioka Miku Morioka	Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti	Spain Yaiza Martín Margarita Morata Sonia García
Team kata	Japan Yoko Kimura Suzuka Kashioka Miku Morioka	Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti	France Sonia Fiuza Clothilde Boulanger Jessica Hugues
Kumite −50 kg	Alexandra Recchia France	Li Hong China	Serap Özçelik Turkey
Kumite −50 kg	Alexandra Recchia France	Li Hong China	Ana Villanueva Dominican Republic
Kumite −55 kg	Lucie Ignace France	Jelena Kovačević Croatia	Yassmin Hamdy Egypt
Kumite −55 kg	Lucie Ignace France	Jelena Kovačević Croatia	Miki Kobayashi Japan
Kumite −61 kg	Lolita Dona France	Boutheina Hasnaoui Tunisia	Elena Quirici Switzerland
Kumite −61 kg	Lolita Dona France	Boutheina Hasnaoui Tunisia	Yu Miyamoto Japan
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Hafsa Şeyda Burucu Turkey	Heba Abdelrahman Egypt
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Hafsa Şeyda Burucu Turkey	Tiffany Fanjat France
Kumite +68 kg	Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France	Greta Vitelli Italy	Ayumi Uekusa Japan
Kumite +68 kg	Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France	Greta Vitelli Italy	Eleni Chatziliadou Greece
Team kumite	France Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Emily Thouy	Croatia Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ana-Marija Čelan Ivona Tubić	Turkey Serap Özçelik Tuba Yenen Meltem Hocaoğlu Hafsa Şeyda Burucu
Team kumite			Japan Miki Kobayashi Yu Miyamoto Kayo Someya Ayumi Uekusa

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	7	2	4	13
2	Japan	4	1	6	11
3	Italy	1	3	2	6
4	Turkey	1	2	3	6
5	Iran	1	1	1	3
6	Egypt	1	0	5	6
7	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
8	Azerbaijan	0	2	1	3
9	Croatia	0	2	0	2
10	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
13	Spain	0	0	2	2
13	United States	0	0	2	2
15	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		16	16	32	64

Participating nations

990 athletes from 116 nations competed.[1]

Afghanistan (1)
Albania (4)
Algeria (16)
Andorra (1)
Argentina (4)
Armenia (5)
Australia (8)
Austria (11)
Azerbaijan (9)
Bangladesh (3)
Belarus (11)
Belgium (9)
Belize (1)
Benin (7)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
Botswana (2)
Brazil (12)
Bulgaria (11)
Cameroon (6)
Canada (12)
Chile (10)
China (12)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Colombia (14)
Congo (5)
Costa Rica (2)
Croatia (23)
Cuba (2)
Curaçao (1)
Cyprus (2)
Czech Republic (12)
Denmark (6)
Dominican Republic (7)
Ecuador (6)
Egypt (19)
England (19)
Estonia (1)
Finland (8)
France (24)
Gabon (8)
Georgia (7)
Germany (22)
Greece (13)
Guinea (1)
Hong Kong (9)
Hungary (13)
Iceland (3)
India (9)
Indonesia (10)
Iran (14)
Ireland (6)
Israel (6)
Italy (18)
Japan (21)
Kazakhstan (12)
Kenya (13)
Kuwait (8)
Latvia (6)
Lebanon (1)
Libya (4)
Luxembourg (5)
Macau (6)
Macedonia (12)
Madagascar (8)
Malaysia (13)
Mali (2)
Mexico (15)
Moldova (3)
Monaco (1)
Montenegro (17)
Morocco (18)
Mozambique (2)
Nepal (3)
Netherlands (11)
New Zealand (10)
Nicaragua (2)
Norway (5)
Pakistan (1)
Palestine (1)
Peru (11)
Philippines (1)
Poland (7)
Portugal (17)
Puerto Rico (2)
Qatar (5)
Romania (11)
Russia (20)
Rwanda (5)
San Marino (1)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Saudi Arabia (9)
Scotland (5)
Senegal (9)
Serbia (19)
Singapore (1)
Slovakia (9)
Slovenia (10)
South Africa (10)
South Korea (13)
Spain (19)
Sri Lanka (1)
Sweden (8)
Switzerland (13)
Syria (1)
Tunisia (12)
Turkey (21)
Ukraine (15)
United Arab Emirates (5)
United States (14)
Uzbekistan (11)
Venezuela (18)
Vietnam (10)
Wales (2)
Yemen (1)
Zambia (5)
Zimbabwe (3)

References

"21st World Senior Karate Championships – Participation List" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

Results

External links

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[1] "21st World Senior Karate Championships – Participation List" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2012.