Karate at the 2022 World Games
The karate competition at the 2022 World Games took place on July 8 and July 9 in the Bill Battle Coliseum at Birmingham-Southern College. Karate has been an event since the inaugural 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, and the Birmingham edition marked the eleventh time karate was included as a regular event at the World Games. Karat is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom of present-day Japan under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes, and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and vital-point strikes are also taught.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | |
| Kata | Kazumasa Moto | Japan | Damián Quintero | Spain | Gakuji Tozaki | United States |
| Kumite 60 kg | Ayoub Anis Helassa | Algeria | Douglas Brose | Brazil | Angelo Crescenzo | Italy |
| Kumite 67 kg | Vinícius Figueira | Brazil | Yves Martial Tadissi | Hungary | Dionysios Xenos | Greece |
| Kumite 75 kg | Abdalla Abdelaziz | Egypt | Stanislav Horuna | Ukraine | Dastonbek Otabolaev | Uzbekistan |
| Kumite 84 kg | Youssef Badawy | Egypt | Nabil Ech-chaabi | Morocco | Kamran Madani | United States |
| Kumite +84 kg | Babacar Seck | Spain | Anđelo Kvesić | Croatia | Taha Tarek | Egypt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | Athlete | Country | |
| Kata | Sandra Sánchez | Spain | Hikaru Ono | Japan | Grace Lau | Hong Kong |
| Kumite 50 kg | Junna Tsukii | Philippines | Yorgelis Salazar | Venezuela | Miho Miyahara | Japan |
| Kumite 55 kg | Anzhelika Terliuga | Ukraine | Ahlam Youssef | Egypt | Trinity Allen | United States |
| Kumite 61 kg | Anita Serogina | Ukraine | Alexandra Grande | Peru | Ingrida Suchánková | Slovakia |
| Kumite 68 kg | Silvia Semeraro | Italy | Alisa Buchinger | Austria | Alizée Agier | France |
| Kumite +68 kg | Sofya Berultseva | Kazakhstan | María Torres | Spain | Chehinez Jemi | Tunisia |
External links
- Karate at the 2022 World Games official website
- Karate at The World Games official website
References
- Wikipedia contributors. (June 28, 2022). Karate. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, July 9, 2022
- Wikipedia contributors. (July 9, 2022). Karate at the 2022 World Games. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, July 9, 2022
- The World Games. Karate Full Results.