Patrick Urban

Patrick Urban (born December 24, 1990 in Lübeck ) is a German-Polish karateka and WSKA world champion.

Patrick Urban
Patrick Urban (2017)
Personal information
Nationality:	Germany , Poland
Society:	Karate Dojo Lübeck, Bushi-do Bydgoszcz
Birthday:	December 24, 1990
Place of birth:	Lübeck
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	67 kg

Urban with the Polish Kumite team

Patrick Urban versus Andrew Lennie from Scotland (2013)

Athletic resume

Patrick Urban started taking karate lessons at the Karate Dojo in Lübeck at the age of ten and is the current German champion in the category Kumite Men -67 kg.

At the World Shotokan Karate Do World Championship in Liverpool in 2013 , Urban was able to secure the silver medal with the Polish Kumite team selection. In 2015 Urban won the final over England with the Polish national team and secured the WSKA world title. Urban has been a member of the Schleswig-Holstein regional squad since 2002 and has achieved national and international success. In 2013 Urban was awarded the golden badge of honor by the Karate Association Schleswig-Holstein. In addition, Urban was awarded numerous plaques by the Schleswig-Holstein State Sports Association, the Schleswig-Holstein State Government and the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Because of better prospects, Urban decided to change from the Polish national team to the national team of the German Karate Association, for which he had already fought in the junior team. On December 9, 2016, he was appointed to the federal squad of the German Karate Association.

National successes

• 2004 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein Kata
• 2006 1st place 8th Youth Sports Games Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (-60 kg)
• 2006 1st place 8th Youth Sports Games Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Kumite team)
• 2006 National Champion Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (-60 kg)
• 2006 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (Kumite team)
• 2007 national champion Schleswig-Holstein (-60 kg)
• 2007 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (Kumite Team)
• 2008 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (-60 kg)
• 2008 Middle German Champion (-63 kg)
• 2008 Central German Champion (Open)
• 2008 Middle German Champion (+ 63 kg)
• 2008 3rd place German Championship (-60 kg)
• 2009 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (-67 kg)
• 2009 National Champion Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (-60 kg)
• 2009 German Champion (Kumite Team)
• 2010 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (-67 kg)
• 2010 3rd place German Championship (-67 kg)
• 2011 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (-67 kg)
• 2011 3rd place Polish Championship (-67 kg)
• 2011 2nd place Polish Championship (Kumite Team)
• 2012 3rd place Polish Shotokan Championship (Open)
• 2013 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (-75 kg)
• 2013 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (Kata singles)
• 2013 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein (all category)
• 2013 3rd place German Championship (-67 kg)
• 2013 2nd place Polish Championship (Kumite team)
• 2013 Polish champion (-67 kg)
• 2014 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein Kata
• 2014 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein Kumite (-67 kg)
• 2014 National Champion Schleswig-Holstein Kumite all category
• 2014 Polish runner-up (-67 kg)
• 2014 3rd place Polish Championship (Kumite Team)
• 2015 2nd place Polish Championship (-67 kg)
• 2015 2nd place Polish Championship (Kumite team)
• 2016 2nd place Polish Championship (-67 kg)
• 2016 1st place German Championship (-67 kg)
• 2016 3rd place German Championship (Kumite Team)
• 2017 1st place German Championship (Kumite Team)
• 2017 3rd place German Championship (-67 kg)
• 2018 1st place German Championship (-67 kg)

International success

• 2008 1st place in the International Shotokan Cup - 75 kg
• 2009 2nd place in the Krokoyama Cup -67 kg
• 2009 1st place in the International Shotokan Cup -75 kg
• 2009 winner European Young Star Randori -60 kg
• 2010 3rd place Austrian Champions Cup -67 kg
• 2010 winner European Young Star Randori -67 kg
• 2010 Winner Central Europe Open (Kumite Single) -67 kg
• 2010 3rd place Central Europe Open (Kumite team)
• 2011 3rd place Austrian Champions Cup
• 2011 2nd place Banzai Cup -67 kg
• 2011 7th place German Open -67 kg
• 2012 1st place Ishoj Kumite Cup -67 kg
• 2013 1st place Ishoj Kumite Cup -67 kg
• 2013 9th place European Championship in Budapest (Kumite team)
• 2013 9th place WSKA World Championship (Kumite Singles)
• 2013 2nd place WSKA World Championship (Kumite Team) in Liverpool , England
• 2013 5th place ESKA European Championship (Kumite team) in Póvoa de Varzim , Portugal
• 2014 11th place WKF World Championships (Kumite Team) in Bremen , Germany
• 2015 7th place EKF European Championships (Kumite Team) in Istanbul , Turkey
• 2015 1st place WSKA World Championship (Kumite Team) in Bielsko-Biała , Poland
• 2017 5th place EKF European Championships (Kumite Team) in Kocaeli , Turkey
• 2017 5th place WKF Karate 1 Series A (Kumite single - 67 kg) in Okinawa , Japan
• 2018 7th place WKF Karate 1 Premier League Dutch Open (Kumite single - 67 kg) in Rotterdam , Netherlands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ln-online.de/Sport/Sport-im-Norden/Azubi-macht-Weltmeister-Stueck
2. ↑ karate-dojo-luebeck.de (Patrick Urban becomes vice world champion)
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ Karate records
5. ↑ Karate records
6. ↑ https://www.sportdata.org/karate/ausschreibung/918/Results.pdf
7. ↑ https://www.sportdata.org/karate/set-online/popup_gallery_main.php?vernr=918

Web links

• Karate Association Schleswig-Holstein
• DKV karate chronicle