Karate at the 2022 World Games

The karate competition at the 2022 World Games took place on July 8 and July 9 in the Bill Battle Coliseum at Birmingham-Southern College. Karate has been an event since the inaugural 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California, and the Birmingham edition marked the eleventh time karate was included as a regular event at the World Games. Karat is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom of present-day Japan under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes, and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and vital-point strikes are also taught.

Medalists

Men's karate medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Country	Athlete	Country	Athlete	Country
Kata	Kazumasa Moto	Japan	Damián Quintero	Spain	Gakuji Tozaki	United States
Kumite 60 kg	Ayoub Anis Helassa	Algeria	Douglas Brose	Brazil	Angelo Crescenzo	Italy
Kumite 67 kg	Vinícius Figueira	Brazil	Yves Martial Tadissi	Hungary	Dionysios Xenos	Greece
Kumite 75 kg
Kumite 84 kg
Kumite +84 kg

Women's karate medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Country	Athlete	Country	Athlete	Country
Kata	Sandra Sánchez	Spain	Hikaru Ono	Japan	Grace Lau	Hong Kong
Kumite 50 kg	Junna Tsukii	Philippines	Yorgelis Salazar	Venezuela	Miho Miyahara	Japan
Kumite 55 kg	Anzhelika Terliuga	Ukraine	Ahlam Youssef	Egypt	Trinity Allen	United States
Kumite 61 kg
Kumite 68 kg
Kumite +68 kg

External links

• Karate at the 2022 World Games official website
• Karate at The World Games official website

References

• Wikipedia contributors. (June 28, 2022). Karate. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, July 9, 2022
• Wikipedia contributors. (July 9, 2022). Karate at the 2022 World Games. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, July 9, 2022
• The World Games. Karate Full Results.