2023 World Karate Championships

Karate event in Budapest

2023 World Championships

Venue| László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Location|  Budapest, Hungary
Dates| 24–29 October

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The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3]

## Iranian team's visa problems[edit]

The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons.[4] These karatekas were present in the men's kata and the women's committee.[5][6]

## Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (Hungary)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan| 4| 1| 1| 6
2|  Egypt| 2| 2| 4| 8
3|  Turkey| 2| 2| 1| 5
4|  France| 2| 0| 3| 5
5|  Spain| 1| 2| 3| 6
6|  Kazakhstan| 1| 1| 1| 3
7|  Jordan| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Azerbaijan| 1| 0| 0| 1
China| 1| 0| 0| 1
Greece| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Italy| 0| 2| 5| 7
12|  Iran| 0| 1| 1| 2
13|  Bulgaria| 0| 1| 0| 1
Hong Kong| 0| 1| 0| 1
Hungary*| 0| 1| 0| 1
Montenegro| 0| 1| 0| 1
Switzerland| 0| 1| 0| 1
18|  Ukraine| 0| 0| 3| 3
19|  Venezuela| 0| 0| 2| 2
20|  Croatia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Indonesia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Kosovo| 0| 0| 1| 1
Saudi Arabia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Serbia| 0| 0| 1| 1
United States| 0| 0| 1| 1
–| Individual Neutral Athletes[a]| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (25 entries)| 16| 16| 32| 64

## Medalists[edit]

### Men[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual kata
details | Ali Sofuoğlu
Turkey | Damián Quintero
Spain | Ariel Torres
United States
Kakeru Nishiyama
Japan
Team kata
details |  Japan
Koji Arimoto
Kazumasa Moto
Ryuji Moto |  Turkey
Emre Vefa Göktaş
Enes Özdemir
Ali Sofuoğlu |  Spain
Salvador Balbuena
Sergio Galán
Rubén García
Raúl Martín
Italy
Gianluca Gallo
Alessio Ghinami
Alessandro Iodice
Kumite −60 kg
details | Christos-Stefanos Xenos
Greece | Kaisar Alpysbay
Kazakhstan | Angelo Crescenzo
Italy
Eray Şamdan
Turkey
Kumite −67 kg
details | Steven Da Costa
France | Nenad Dulović
Montenegro | Didar Amirali
Kazakhstan
Fahad Al-Khathami
Saudi Arabia
Kumite −75 kg
details | Abdalla Abdelaziz
Egypt | Gábor Hárspataki
Hungary | Ernest Sharafutdinov
Individual Neutral Athletes
Andrii Zaplitnyi
Ukraine
Kumite −84 kg
details | Youssef Badawy
Egypt | Mehdi Khodabakhshi
Iran | Valerii Chobotar
Ukraine
Mohammad Al-Jafari
Jordan
Kumite +84 kg
details | Mehdi Filali
France | Taha Mahmoud
Egypt | Đorđe Tešanović
Serbia
Sajad Ganjzadeh
Iran
Team kumite
details |  Jordan
Zaki Abu Qaoud
Mohammad Al-Jafari
Afeef Ghaith
Abdallah Hammad
Hasan Masarweh
Yousef Nofal
Ahmad Shadid |  Egypt
Abdalla Abdelaziz
Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad
Youssef Badawy
Ahmed El-Masry
Ali El-Sawy
Taha Tarek Mahmoud
Omar Ashraf Mohamed |  France
Enzo Berthon
Kilian Cizo
Jessie Da Costa
Steven Da Costa
Mehdi Filali
Thanh-Liêm Lê
Younesse Salmi
Italy
Matteo Avanzini
Matteo Fiore
Luca Maresca
Simone Marino
Michele Martina
Andre Minardi
Lorenzo Pietromarchi

### Women[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual kata
details | Hikaru Ono
Japan | Grace Lau
Hong Kong | Paola García
Spain
Terryana D'Onofrio
Italy
Team kata
details |  Japan
Saori Ishibashi
Chiho Mizukami
Sae Taira |  Italy
Terryana D'Onofrio
Michela Rizzo
Elena Roversi |  Spain
Paola García
María López
Gema Morales
Raquel Roy
Egypt
Asmaa Allam
Noha Amr Antar
Aya Hesham
Kumite −50 kg
details | Moldir Zhangbyrbay
Kazakhstan | Erminia Perfetto
Italy | Reem Ahmed Salama
Egypt
Yorgelis Salazar
Venezuela
Kumite −55 kg
details | Tuba Yakan
Turkey | Ivet Goranova
Bulgaria | Barbara Pérez
Venezuela
Anzhelika Terliuga
Ukraine
Kumite −61 kg
details | Gong Li
China | Fatma Naz Yenen
Turkey | Laura Sivert
France
Noursin Aly
Egypt
Kumite −68 kg
details | Irina Zaretska
Azerbaijan | Elena Quirici
Switzerland | Alizée Agier
France
Ceyco Georgia Zefanya
Indonesia
Kumite +68 kg
details | Ayaka Saito
Japan | María Torres
Spain | Menna Shaaban Okila
Egypt
Clio Ferracuti
Italy
Team kumite
details |  Spain
Carlota Fernández
Adriana Gil
María Nieto
María Torres |  Japan
Tsubasa Kama
Ayaka Saito
Yuzuki Sawae
Sarara Shimada |  Kosovo
Albulena Gervalla
Fortesa Orana
Vlera Qerimi
Hatigje Zejnullahu
Croatia
Sadea Bečirević
Nikolina Golomboš
Lucija Lesjak
Lea Vukoja

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 12 Russian and 5 Belarusian karatekas participated as Individual Neutral Athletes as a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The World Karate Federation does not include the medals won by these karatekas in the official medal table.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Competition calendar for 2023 announced".
2. ^ "WKF President meets Hungarian delegation to discuss 2023 World Championships in Budapest".
3. ^ "WKF Online Registration".
4. ^ ایران, عصر. "بعد از عربستان؛ مجارستان هم به ورزشکاران کاراته ایران ویزا نداد !". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
5. ^ رادیوفردا (2023-10-21). "افزایش "عدم صدور ویزا" برای تیم‌های ورزشی ایران؛ آلبانی به تیم کشتی امید ویزا نداد". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-10-26.
6. ^ "رد دسته‌جمعی ملی‌پوشان کاراته ایران از سوی سفارت مجارستان!/ ویزای عربستان هم صادر نشد". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

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