2012 World Karate Championships

{{short description|Karate competition}} {{Infobox games | name = 2012 World Karate Championships | logo = 2012 World Karate Championships logo.png | size = 200 | host_city = {{flagicon|FRA}} Paris, France | dates = 21–25 November | stadium = Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | previous = 2010 | next = 2014 }}

The '''2012 World Karate Championships''' are the 21st edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Paris, France from November 21 to November 25, 2012.

==Medalists== ===Men=== {|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |rowspan=2|Individual kata |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Antonio Díaz|VEN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Vu Duc Minh Dack|FRA}} |{{flagmedalist|Luca Valdesi|ITA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Ryo Kiyuna|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kata |rowspan=2|{{JPN}} Koji Arimoto Takato Soma Takumi Sugino |rowspan=2|{{ITA}} Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino |{{FRA}} Jonathan Plagnol Romain Lacoste Jonathan Maruani |- |{{EGY}} Ibrahim Magdy Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmed Ashraf |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −60 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Amir Mehdizadeh|IRI}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Douglas Brose|BRA}} |{{flagmedalist|Mohamed Gamal|EGY}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Marko Antić|SRB}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −67 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Magdy Mamdouh|EGY}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Saeid Ahmadi|IRI}} |{{flagmedalist|Brian Ramrup|USA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|William Rollé|FRA}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −75 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Luigi Busà|ITA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Rafael Aghayev|AZE}} |{{flagmedalist|Oualid Bouabaoub|ALG}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Ko Matsuhisa|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −84 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Kenji Grillon|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Ryutaro Araga|JPN}} |{{flagmedalist|Yavuz Karamollaoğlu|TUR}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Aykhan Mamayev|AZE}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite +84 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Enes Erkan|TUR}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Shahin Atamov|AZE}} |{{flagmedalist|Khalid Khalidov|KAZ}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Stefano Maniscalco|ITA}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kumite |rowspan=2|{{FRA}} Mathieu Cossou Nadir Benaissa Kenji Grillon Ibrahim Gary Azdin Rghioui Salim Bendiab Logan Da Costa |rowspan=2|{{TUR}} Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin Gökhan Gündüz Mustafa Utku Şahin Aykut Usda |{{IRI}} Maziar Elhami Saeid Farrokhi Zabihollah Pourshab Ebrahim Hassanbeigi Saman Heidari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh |- |{{EGY}} Hany Shakr Ahmed Sayed Ossama Abdelaziz Sayed Salem Mohamed Gamal Magdy Mamdouh Omar Ahmed |}

===Women===

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |rowspan=2|Individual kata |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Rika Usami|JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Sandy Scordo|FRA}} |{{flagmedalist|Sakura Kokumai|USA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Yaiza Martín|ESP}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kata |rowspan=2|{{JPN}} Yoko Kimura Suzuka Kashioka Miku Morioka |rowspan=2|{{ITA}} Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti |{{ESP}} Yaiza Martín Margarita Morata Sonia García |- |{{FRA}} Sonia Fiuza Clothilde Boulanger Jessica Hugues |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −50 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Alexandra Recchia|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Li Hong|CHN}} |{{flagmedalist|Serap Özçelik|TUR}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Ana Villanueva|DOM}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −55 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Lucie Ignace|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Jelena Kovačević|CRO}} |{{flagmedalist|Yassmin Hamdy|EGY}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Miki Kobayashi|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −61 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Lolita Dona|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Boutheina Hasnaoui|TUN}} |{{flagmedalist|Elena Quirici|SUI}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Yu Miyamoto|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −68 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Kayo Someya|JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Hafsa Şeyda Burucu|TUR}} |{{flagmedalist|Heba Abdelrahman|EGY}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Tiffany Fanjat|FRA}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite +68 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Nadège Aït-Ibrahim|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Greta Vitelli|ITA}} |{{flagmedalist|Ayumi Uekusa|JPN}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Eleni Chatziliadou|GRE}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kumite |rowspan=2|{{FRA}} Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Emily Thouy |rowspan=2|{{CRO}} Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ana-Marija Čelan Ivona Tubić |{{TUR}} Serap Özçelik Tuba Yenen Meltem Hocaoğlu Hafsa Şeyda Burucu |- |{{JPN}} Miki Kobayashi Yu Miyamoto Kayo Someya Ayumi Uekusa |}

==Medal table==

{{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 4 | gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 6 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 3 | bronze_ITA = 2 | gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 2 | bronze_TUR = 3 | gold_IRI = 1 | silver_IRI = 1 | bronze_IRI = 1 | gold_EGY = 1 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 5 | gold_VEN = 1 | silver_VEN = 0 | bronze_VEN = 0 | gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 2 | bronze_AZE = 1 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 2 | bronze_CRO = 0 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 0 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 1 | bronze_TUN = 0 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 2 | gold_ALG = 0 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 1 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 0 | bronze_GRE = 1 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 1 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 0 | bronze_SRB = 1 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1 }}

== Participating nations == 990 athletes from 116 nations competed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkf-registration.net/kmAddons/assets/pdf/77_countries.pdf|title=21st World Senior Karate Championships – Participation List|publisher=World Karate Federation|accessdate=24 November 2012|archive-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611153534/http://www.wkf-registration.net/kmAddons/assets/pdf/77_countries.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagcountry|AFG|2013}} (1) *{{ALB}} (4) *{{ALG}} (16) *{{AND}} (1) *{{ARG}} (4) *{{ARM}} (5) *{{AUS}} (8) *{{AUT}} (11) *{{AZE}} (9) *{{BAN}} (3) *{{BLR}} (11) *{{BEL}} (9) *{{BIZ}} (1) *{{BEN}} (7) *{{BIH}} (12) *{{BOT}} (2) *{{BRA}} (12) *{{BUL}} (11) *{{CMR}} (6) *{{CAN}} (12) *{{CHI}} (10) *{{CHN}} (12) *{{TPE}} (8) *{{COL}} (14) *{{flag|CGO|name=Congo}} (5) *{{CRC}} (2) *{{CRO}} (23) *{{CUB}} (2) *{{CUW}} (1) *{{CYP}} (2) *{{CZE}} (12) *{{DEN}} (6) *{{DOM}} (7) *{{ECU}} (6) *{{EGY}} (19) *{{ENG}} (19) *{{EST}} (1) *{{FIN}} (8) *{{FRA}} (24) *{{GAB}} (8) *{{GEO}} (7) *{{GER}} (22) *{{GRE}} (13) *{{GUI}} (1) *{{HKG}} (9) *{{HUN}} (13) *{{ISL}} (3) *{{IND}} (9) *{{INA}} (10) *{{IRI}} (14) *{{IRL}} (6) *{{ISR}} (6) *{{ITA}} (18) *{{JPN}} (21) *{{KAZ}} (12) *{{KEN}} (13) *{{KUW}} (8) *{{LAT}} (6) *{{LIB}} (1) *{{LBA}} (4) *{{LUX}} (5) *{{MAC}} (6) *{{flag|Macedonia}} (12) *{{MAD}} (8) *{{MAS}} (13) *{{MLI}} (2) *{{MEX}} (15) *{{MDA}} (3) *{{MON}} (1) *{{MNE}} (17) *{{MAR}} (18) *{{MOZ}} (2) *{{NEP}} (3) *{{NED}} (11) *{{NZL}} (10) *{{NCA}} (2) *{{NOR}} (5) *{{PAK}} (1) *{{flag|PLE|name=Palestine}} (1) *{{PER}} (11) *{{PHI}} (1) *{{POL}} (7) *{{POR}} (17) *{{PUR}} (2) *{{QAT}} (5) *{{ROU}} (11) *{{RUS}} (20) *{{RWA}} (5) *{{SMR}} (1) *{{STP}} (1) *{{KSA}} (9) *{{SCO}} (5) *{{SEN}} (9) *{{SRB}} (19) *{{SIN}} (1) *{{SVK}} (9) *{{SLO}} (10) *{{RSA}} (10) *{{KOR}} (13) *{{ESP}} (19) *{{SRI}} (1) *{{SWE}} (8) *{{SUI}} (13) *{{SYR}} (1) *{{TUN}} (12) *{{TUR}} (21) *{{UKR}} (15) *{{UAE}} (5) *{{USA}} (14) *{{UZB}} (11) *{{VEN}} (18) *{{VIE}} (10) *{{WAL}} (2) *{{YEM}} (1) *{{ZAM}} (5) *{{ZIM}} (3) {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}} * [http://www.karaterec.com/en/contests/world-championship-2012/ Results]

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.wkf.net/index.php/championships.html World Karate Federation] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121128080526/http://www.karateparis2012.com/en/ Official Website]

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