{{Short description|German karateka (born 1984)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Ilja Smorguner | honorific_suffix = | image = Weltmeisterschaft Smorguner.jpg | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = Ilja Smorguner in 2014 | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = <!-- only for the country represented in international competition --> | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|6|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | employer = | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = | life_partner = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = Germany | sport = Karate | position = | disability = | disability_class = | weight_class = | weight_class_type = | rank = | event = Individual kata | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's karate }} {{Medal|Country| {{GER}} }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|Silver| 2014 Bremen | Individual kata }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2016 Linz | Individual kata }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Ilja Smorguner''' (born 24 June 1984)<ref name="karate_results_book_world_beach_games_2019">{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://back.awbg2019.bornan.net/pdfs/KTE/RBK.KTE-------------------------------_1_0.pdf|website=2019 World Beach Games|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601183633/https://back.awbg2019.bornan.net/pdfs/KTE/RBK.KTE-------------------------------_1_0.pdf|archive-date=1 June 2020|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref> is a German karateka. He is a two-time medalist in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships.<ref name="world_karate_championships_results_2014">{{Cite web |title=2014 World Karate Championships Results |url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/5/Results.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124045916/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/5/Results.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2021 |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=sportdata.org}}</ref><ref name="medalists_world_karate_championships_2016">{{Cite web|title=2016 World Karate Championships Medalists|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/74/Results.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831202740/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/74/Results.pdf|archive-date=31 August 2020|access-date=23 June 2021|website=Sportdata}}</ref>
Smorguner represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.<ref name="karate_results_book_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Karate Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}</ref>
== Career ==
In 2017, Smorguner competed in the men's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.<ref name="karate_results_world_games_2017">{{Cite web|url=https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|title=Karate Results|website=2017 World Games|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114313/https://worldgames2017.sportresult.com/hide/en/-120/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref name="results_book_world_karate_championships_2018">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126042620/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/188/ResultBook_188_20190309_072813-compressed.pdf|archive-date=26 November 2020|access-date=30 December 2020|website=2018 World Karate Championships}}</ref> In 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.<ref name="spain_take_three_golds_2019">{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081403/spain-take-three-golds-on-opening-day-of-karate-competition-at-minsk-2019|title=Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=29 June 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="karate_medalists_european_games_2019">{{Cite web|title=Karate Medalists|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/281/C93%20-%20Karate%20-%20Medalists%20by%20Event%20%28Sun,%2030%20Jun%202019%20-%2018_19%29.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=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|archive-date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=2019 European Games}}</ref> In that year, he also competed in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="karate_results_book_world_beach_games_2019"/>
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.<ref name="results_book_world_olympic_qualification_tournament_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614115613/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/386/results%20book.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2021|website=World Karate Federation}}</ref> He did not qualify at this tournament but he qualified after reassignment of the last qualifying spots.<ref name="last_olympians_for_karate_olympic_debut_tokyo_2020">{{Cite news|date=21 June 2021|title=Last Olympians for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 confirmed|work=Around the Rings|url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__103757/Title__Last-Olympians-for-Karate-Olympic-debut-at-Tokyo-2020-confirmed/292/Articles|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=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|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name="karate_results_book_summer_olympics_2020"/> In November 2021, he competed at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<ref name="world_karate_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121193114/https://www.wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/world-championshipsresultados-25th-world-championships-dubai-001.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=World Karate Federation}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=45% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !Year !!Competition !!Venue !!Rank!!Event |- |2014 |World Championships |Bremen, Germany |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Individual kata |- |2016 |World Championships |Linz, Austria |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |Individual kata |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smorguner, Ilja}} Category:Living people Category:1984 births Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:German male karateka Category:Competitors at the 2017 World Games Category:European Games competitors for Germany Category:Karateka at the 2019 European Games Category:Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic karateka for Germany Category:21st-century German sportsmen