2006 World Karate Championships
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Host city | Tampere, Finland | ||
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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.
Contents
Medalists
Men
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual kata | Sara Battaglia Italy (ITA) |
Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam (VIE) |
Myriam Szkudlarek France (FRA) |
Eimi Kurita United States (USA) |
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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) |
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Kumite −60 kg | Eva Medveďová Slovakia (SVK) |
Nassim Varasteh Canada (CAN) |
Diana Schwab Switzerland (SUI) |
Yuka Sato Japan (JPN) |
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Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer France (FRA) |
Ayaka Arai Japan (JPN) |
Jessica Bratich Australia (AUS) |
Tamara Filipović Serbia (SRB) |
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Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey (TUR) |
Yadira Lira Mexico (MEX) |
Claudia Niţu Romania (ROU) |
Snežana Perić Serbia (SRB) |
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Team kumite | Japan | Spain | Germany |
Switzerland |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | |
Total | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |
Participating nations
766 athletes from 81 nations competed.