Ilja Smorguner Explained

Ilja Smorguner
Birth Date:1984 6, df=yes
Country:Germany
Sport:Karate
Event:Individual kata

Ilja Smorguner (born 24 June 1984)[1] is a German karateka. He is a two-time medalist in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships.[2] [3]

Smorguner represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.[4]

Career

In 2017, Smorguner competed in the men's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[5] He lost his matches in the elimination round and he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. In 2018, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[6] In 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[7] [8] In that year, he also competed in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.[1]

In 2021, Smorguner competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] He did not qualify at this tournament but he qualified after reassignment of the last qualifying spots.[10] He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round.[4] In November 2021, he competed at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[11]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue RankEvent
2014World ChampionshipsBremen, Germany2ndIndividual kata
2016World ChampionshipsLinz, Austria3rdIndividual kata

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karate Results Book. 2019 World Beach Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200601183633/https://back.awbg2019.bornan.net/pdfs/KTE/RBK.KTE-------------------------------_1_0.pdf. 1 June 2020. 1 June 2020.
  2. Web site: 2014 World Karate Championships Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20211124045916/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/5/Results.pdf . 24 November 2021 . 21 August 2022 . sportdata.org.
  3. Web site: 2016 World Karate Championships Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200831202740/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/74/Results.pdf. 31 August 2020. 23 June 2021. Sportdata.
  4. Web site: Karate Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf. 10 August 2021. 10 August 2021. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  5. Web site: Karate Results. 2017 World Games. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf. 24 April 2020. 24 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf. 26 November 2020. 30 December 2020. 2018 World Karate Championships.
  7. News: Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019. Rowbottom. Mike. 29 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Karate Medalists. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815093537/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf. 15 August 2020. 15 August 2020. 2019 European Games.
  9. Web site: 2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. World Karate Federation.
  10. News: 21 June 2021. Last Olympians for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 confirmed. Around the Rings. 22 June 2021. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621162144/http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__103757/Title__Last-Olympians-for-Karate-Olympic-debut-at-Tokyo-2020-confirmed/292/Articles. dead.
  11. Web site: 2021 World Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf. 21 November 2021. 21 November 2021. World Karate Federation.