2000 World Karate Championships

2000 World Karate Championships

File:2000 World Karate Championships logo.png
Host city	Munich, Germany
Dates	12–15 October
Main venue	Olympiahalle

The 2000 World Karate Championships are the 15th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Munich, Germany from October 12 to October 15, 2000.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Michaël Milon France	Ryoki Abe Japan	Luca Valdesi Italy
Team kata	Japan	France Yves Bardreau Stéphane Mari Laurent Riccio	Spain Javier Hernández David Toro Fernando San José
Kumite −60 kg	Cécil Boulesnane France	Francesco Ortu Italy	Damien Dovy Benin
			Kenichi Imai Japan
Kumite −65 kg	Lazar Boskovic Germany	Ángel Ramiro Spain	Alexandre Biamonti France
			George Kotaka United States
Kumite −70 kg	Junior Lefevre Croatia	Fodé Ndao Senegal	Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran
			Rida Bel-Lahsen France
Kumite −75 kg	Iván Leal Spain	Fadi Chaabo Germany	David Félix France
			Gennaro Talarico Italy
Kumite −80 kg	Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands	Yann Baillon France	Thomas Nitschmann Germany
			Alejandro Arnáiz Spain
Kumite +80 kg	Mamadou Ndiaye Senegal	Seydina Baldé France	Mehran Behnamfar Iran
			Marc Haubold Germany
Kumite open	Christophe Pinna France	Davide Benetello Italy	Saeid Ashtian Iran
			Konstantinos Papadopoulos Greece
Team kumite	France Yann Baillon Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Rida Bel-Lahsen Alexandre Biamonti Cécil Boulesnane David Félix Robert Gomis	Germany Samad Azadi Fadi Chaabo Mark Haubold Andreas Horn Thomas Nitschmann Emanuel Racanel Senol Yildirim	England
			Spain Alejandro Arnáiz Serafín Blanco Tomás Herrero Iván Leal Óscar Olivares David Ortega Óscar Vázquez

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai Japan	Myriam Szkudlarek France	Roberta Sodero Italy
Team kata	France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Myriam Szkudlarek	Japan	Italy
Kumite −53 kg	Hiromi Hasama Japan	Nadia Mecheri France	Gladys Eusebio Peru
			Marijana Vićovac Yugoslavia
Kumite −60 kg	Alexandra Witteborn Germany	Chiara Stella Bux Italy	Slađana Mitić Yugoslavia
			Mayumi Baba Japan
Kumite +60 kg	Natsu Yamaguchi Japan	Gloria Casanova Spain	Elisabeth Fuchs Austria
			Laurence Fischer France
Kumite open	Yıldız Aras Turkey	Nathalie Leroy France	Eri Fujioka Japan
			Roberta Minet Italy
Team kumite	France Patricia Chéreau Laurence Fischer Nathalie Leroy Nadia Mecheri	Spain Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Estefanía García Sonia Gómez	Japan
			Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik Meral Ölmez

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Germany)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	6	6	4	16
2	Japan	4	2	4	10
3	Germany*	2	2	2	6
4	Spain	1	3	3	7
5	Senegal	1	1	0	2
6	Turkey	1	0	1	2
7	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
9	Italy	0	3	5	8
10	Iran	0	0	3	3
11	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Benin	0	0	1	1
	England	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		17	17	30	64

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Official Website
• Karate Records – World Championship 2000
• Results