Karate World Championship 2000

Karate World Championship 2000
Official name	15th Karate World Championships 2000
Duration	12-15 October 2000
venue	Olympiahalle Munich , Munich
Country	Germany
Nations ranking	France
Attendees	820
Nations	84
Disciplines	17th
Referee	200
Host	Bavarian Karate Association
Web presence	World Cup 2000

The WKF Karate World Championships 2000 ( English 15th Karate World Championships 2000 ) took place from October 12th to 15th in Munich . A total of 820 karateka from 84 countries took part in the world championship .

Medal table

rank	Country	gold	silver	bronze	Long shot
1	France	6th	6th	4th	16
2	Japan	4th	2	4th	10
3	Germany	2	2	2	6th
4th	Spain	1	3	3	7th
5	Senegal	1	1	0	2
6th	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7th	Croatia	1	0	0	1
7th	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
9	Italy	0	3	5	8th
10	Iran	0	0	3	3
11	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
12	Benin	0	0	1	1
12	United States	0	0	1	1
12	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
12	Greece	0	0	1	1
12	Peru	0	0	1	1

Results

Kata

Individual results men

space	nation	Karateka
1	France	Michaël Milon
2	Japan	Ryoki Abe
3	Italy	Luca Valdesi

Individual results women

space	nation	Karateka
1	Japan	Atsuko Wakai
2	France	Myriam Szkudlarek
3	Italy	Roberta Sodero

Team results men

space	Country
1	Japan
2	France
3	Spain

Team results women

space	Country
1	France
2	Japan
3	Italy

Kumite

Men up to 60 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	France	Cecil Boulesnane
2	Italy	Francesco Ortu
3	Benin	Damien Dovy
3	Japan	Kenichi Imai

Men up to 65 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Germany	Lazar Boskovic
2	Spain	Ángel Ramiro
3	France	Alexandre Biamonti
3	United States	George Kotaka

Men up to 70 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Croatia	Gustaff Lefevre
2	Senegal	Fodé Ndao
3	Iran	Mehdi Amozadeh
3	France	Rida Bel Lahsen

Men up to 75 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Spain	Iván Leal
2	Germany	Fadi Chaabo
3	France	David Félix
3	Italy	Gennaro Talarico

Men up to 80 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Netherlands	Daniël Sabanovic
2	France	Yann Baillon
3	Spain	Alejandro Arnáiz
3	Germany	Thomas Nitschmann

Men over 80 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Senegal	Mamadou Ndiaye
2	France	Seydina Baldé
3	Iran	Mehran Behnamfar
3	Germany	Marc Haubold

Open class of men

space	nation	Karateka
1	France	Christophe Pinna
2	Italy	Davide Benetello
3	Iran	Saeid Ashtian
3	Greece	Konstantinos Papadopoulos

Women up to 53 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Japan	Hiromi Hasama
2	France	Nadia Mecheri
3	Peru	Gladys Eusebio
3	Yugoslavia	Marijana Vićovac

Women up to 60 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Germany	Alexandra Witteborn
2	Italy	Chiara Stella Bux
3	Japan	Mayuni Baba
3	Yugoslavia	Slađana Mitic

Women over 60 kg

space	nation	Karateka
1	Japan	Natsu Yamaguchi
2	Spain	Gloria Casanova
3	France	Laurence Fischer
3	Austria	Elisabeth Fuchs

Open class of women

space	nation	Karateka
1	Turkey	Yıldız macaws
2	France	Nathalie Leroy
3	Japan	Eri Fujioka
3	Italy	Roberta Minet

Men's team results

space	Country
1	France
2	Germany
3	Spain
3	United Kingdom

Women's team result

space	Country
1	France
2	Spain
3	Japan
3	Turkey

Web links

• Karate WM demonstration 2000 Munich on YouTube
• Archive Karate Bayern Karate WM 2000
• Results