2016 World Karate Championships Explained

2016 World Karate Championships
Host City:	Linz, Austria
Dates:	25–30 October
Stadium:	TipsArena Linz
Previous:	2014

The 2016 World Karate Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Linz, Austria from October 25 to October 30, 2016.

Medalists

Men

Individual kata

Team kata	Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura	Lucas Jeannot Enzo Montarello Ahmed Zemouri	Mattia Busato Alessandro Iodice Alfredo Tocco
			José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar
Kumite −60 kg

Kumite −67 kg

Kumite −75 kg

Kumite −84 kg

Kumite +84 kg

Team kumite	Saeid Ahmadi Bahman Askari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Poursheib Iman Sanchouli	Ryutaro Araga Rikiya Iimura Masaya Ishizuka Hideyoshi Kagawa Ken Nishimura Hiroto Shinohara Daisuke Watanabe	Noah Bitsch Mehmet Bolat Nico Drexel Ricardo Giegler Jonathan Horne Heinrich Leistenschneider Robin Winters
			Amin Bouazza Jessie Da Costa Logan Da Costa Steven Da Costa Marvin Garin Kenji Grillon Corentin Seguy

Women

Individual kata

Team kata	Miku Morioka Hikaru Ono Kyosuke Yamashita	Gema Morales Margarita Morata Paula Rodríguez	Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti
			Dilara Bozan Rabia Küsmüş Gizem Şahin
Kumite −50 kg

Kumite −55 kg

Kumite −61 kg

Kumite −68 kg

Kumite +68 kg

Team kumite	Alizée Agier Leïla Heurtault Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia	Cristina Ferrer Laura Palacio Rocío Sánchez Cristina Vizcaíno	Ashley Davis Cheryl Murphy Brandi Robinson Maya Wasowicz
			Giana Farouk Yassmin Hamdy Randa Rousfelt Nada Sayed

Participating nations

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External links

Notes and References

Web site: 23rd World Senior Karate Championships – Participation List. World Karate Federation. 27 October 2016.