2000 World Karate Championships

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.

2000 World Karate Championships

Host city	Munich, Germany
Dates	12–15 October
Main venue	Olympiahalle
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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

References

External links

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