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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