Karate World Championship 2006
The eighteenth karate world championship took place in 2006 in Tampere , Finland .
Medals
Men
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata men |
Luca Valdesi 
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Takashi Katada 
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Akio Tamashiro 
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| Kata team |
Italy
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 France
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Japan
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 Egypt
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| Kumite up to 60 kg |
Hossein Rouhani 
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Gurban Taghiyev 
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Montassar Tabben 
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Ibrahim Khalifa
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| Kumite up to 65 kg |
César Castaño 
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Luis Plumacher 
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Donny Dharmawan 
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Marko Lučić 
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| Kumite up to 70 kg |
Rəfael Agayev
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Diego Vandeshrick 
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Saeid Farrokhi
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Takuro Nehei
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| Kumite up to 75 kg |
Jasem Vishgahi
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David Santana
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El-Sayed El-Feky
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Ko Matsuhisa
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| Kumite up to 80 kg |
Luihi Busà
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Mohamed Abdelrahman
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Esmaeil Torkzad
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Philippe Poirier 
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| Kumite over 80 kg |
Marko Luhamaa 
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Mohanad Magdy
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Stefano Maniscalco
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Yann Baillon
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| Kumite openly ippon |
Stefano Maniscalco
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Daniël Sabanovic 
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Khalid Khalidov 
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Iván Leal
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| team |
Spain
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Egypt
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 England
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Ladies
| Event | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata ladies |
Sara Battaglia
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Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân 
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Myriam Szkudlarek
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Elmi Kurita 
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| Kata team |
France
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Japan
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Spain
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Peru
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| Kumite up to 53 kg |
Tomoko Araga
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Selene Guglielmi
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Heba El-Sayed
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Kora Knühmann 
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| Kumite up to 60 kg |
Eva Medveďová 
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Nassim Varasteh
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Diana Schwab 
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Yuka Sato
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| Kumite over 60 kg |
Laurence Fischer
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Ayaka Arai
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Jessica Bratich 
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Tamara Filipović 
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| Kumite openly ippon |
Yıldız macaws 
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Yadira Lira 
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Claudia Niţu 
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Snežana Perić
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| team |
Japan
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Spain
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Switzerland
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Germany
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Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
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5 | 1 | 1 | 7th |
| 2 |
Japan
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2 | 3 | 4th | 9 |
| 3 |
Spain
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2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
| 4th |
France
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2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |
Iran
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2 | 0 | 2 | 4th |
| 6th |
Azerbaijan
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7th |
Estonia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7th |
Turkey
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7th |
Slovakia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |
Egypt
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0 | 2 | 5 | 7th |
| 11 |
Canada
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |
Venezuela
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |
Belgium
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |
Mexico
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |
Netherlands
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |
Vietnam
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18th |
Germany
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18th |
Peru
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18th |
Serbia
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18th |
Switzerland
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22nd |
Australia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
Croatia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
England
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
Indonesia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
Kazakhstan
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
Romania
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
Tunisia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22nd |
United States
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 17th | 17th | 34 | 68 | |