Benjamin Rath

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Benjamin Rath (born August 6, 1994 ; † March 19, 2017 ) was an Austrian karateka and European champion in Gōjū-Ryū .

Life

Rath started karate at the age of ten . After the early years in the ASKÖ Karate Club Wolfsberg , he moved to Feldkirchen in Carinthia , where he was trained by Marco Kassmannhuber . He was the first karateka who could win the gold medal for Austria in the competition Kata single general class at the Gōjū-Ryū European Championships. Rath was one of the most successful karate athletes in his country. Most recently he was active in the Inoue-ha Karate-do Feldkirchen association.

Rath died suddenly and unexpectedly of Chiari malformation at the age of 22 .

successes

  • 3rd place in the Kata Team general class competition at the Karate1 Premier League - Coburg 2015
  • 1st place in the Kata Team general class competition at the Gōjū-Ryū World Championships 2015
  • 1st place in the competitions Kata Individual General Class and Kata Team General Class at the Gōjū-Ryū European Championships 2016
  • 1st place in the Kata Team general class competition at the Austrian Championships in 2015 and 2016
  • 5th place in the Kata single general class competition at the 2016 European University Championships

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Benjamin Rath obituary. Austrian Karate Federation, March 21, 2017, accessed on March 23, 2017 .
  2. ^ Mourning for European karate champion Rath. In: Bild.de . March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The team mourns - cause of death now clear. In: Kronen Zeitung . March 24, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e Mourning the European karate champion from Lavanttal. In: Small newspaper . March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Rath, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian karateka
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1994
DATE OF DEATH 19th March 2017