Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round. The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata.
Alexandrea Anacan is a Philippine-born New Zealand karate athlete. A resident of Auckland, Anacan represents New Zealand internationally.She is a four-time consecutive gold medalist in the World Karate Federation (Continental Championship) Oceanian Karate Federation (OKF), entering competition in 2016.
At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medal in the women's individual kata event. [7] [8] In 2020, she qualified to represent Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [9] [10] She defeated Dilara Bozan of Turkey with a score of 26.94 and won the bronze medal in the women’s kata ...
Kiyou Shimizu (清水希容, Shimizu Kiyō, born 7 December 1993) [2] [3] is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [4] Shimizu is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the ...
[7] [8] [9] In 2009, in the 121st International Olympic Committee voting, karate did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority vote to become an Olympic sport. [10] Karate was being considered for the 2020 Olympics; [11] however, at a meeting of the IOC's executive board, held in Russia on 29 May 2013, it was decided that karate (along with ...
The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B.
She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [3] She is a two-time gold medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in seven
Jovana Preković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јована Прековић; born 20 January 1996) [1] is a Serbian former karateka competing in kumite-61 kg division. [2] She is a two-time world champion in the women's kumite 61 kg event (2018 and 2021) and the 2020 Olympic champion, in karate's lone appearance in Olympic Games program.