2021 Asian Karate Championships

2021 Asian Karate Championships
Host city	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Dates	20–22 December 2021
Main venue	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace

Asian Karate competition

The 2021 Asian Karate Championships were the 17th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20 to 22, December 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3] The event was held at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace.^[4]^[5]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Ryo Kiyuna Japan	Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda Indonesia	Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Iran
Individual kata	Ryo Kiyuna Japan	Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda Indonesia	Mohammad Al-Mosawi Kuwait
Team kata	Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura	Iran Milad Farazmehr Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Ali Zand	Indonesia Albiadi Andi Dharmawan Andi Tomy Aditya Mardana
Team kata	Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura	Iran Milad Farazmehr Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Ali Zand	Kuwait Mohammad Al-Mosawi Salman Al-Mosawi Mohammad Bader
Kumite −55 kg	Andrey Aktauov Kazakhstan	Yasir Bargi Saudi Arabia	Ari Saputra Indonesia
Kumite −55 kg	Andrey Aktauov Kazakhstan	Yasir Bargi Saudi Arabia	Pouria Aghdasi Iran
Kumite −60 kg	Abdallah Hammad Jordan	Ali Meskini Iran	Abdullah Shaaban Kuwait
Kumite −60 kg	Abdallah Hammad Jordan	Ali Meskini Iran	Bader Al-Otaibi Saudi Arabia
Kumite −67 kg	Soichiro Nakano Japan	Fahad Al-Khathami Saudi Arabia	Didar Amirali Kazakhstan
Kumite −67 kg	Soichiro Nakano Japan	Fahad Al-Khathami Saudi Arabia	Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan
Kumite −75 kg	Yusei Sakiyama Japan	Sultan Al-Zahrani Saudi Arabia	Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan
Kumite −75 kg	Yusei Sakiyama Japan	Sultan Al-Zahrani Saudi Arabia	Ali Asghar Asiabari Iran
Kumite −84 kg	Zabihollah Pourshab Iran	Rikito Shimada Japan	Wu Chun-wei Chinese Taipei
Kumite −84 kg	Zabihollah Pourshab Iran	Rikito Shimada Japan	Baek Jun-hyeok South Korea
Kumite +84 kg	Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia	Saleh Abazari Iran	Sulaiman Al-Mulla United Arab Emirates
Kumite +84 kg	Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia	Saleh Abazari Iran	Adilet Shadykanov Kyrgyzstan
Team kumite	Kazakhstan Nurkanat Azhikanov Igor Chikhmarev Abylay Toltay Nurniyaz Yeldashov Spandiyar Yerkebek Daniyar Yuldashev Marat Zhanbyr	Iran Saleh Abazari Mehdi Ashouri Keivan Baban Sajjad Ganjzadeh Saman Heidari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Pourshab	Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Khathami Mohammed Al-Malki Faraj Al-Nashri Bader Al-Otaibi Sultan Al-Zahrani Tareg Hamedi Sanad Sufyani
Team kumite			Jordan Zaki Abu Qaoud Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Abdallah Hammad Mahmoud Sajan Omar Shaqrah

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Hikaru Ono Japan	Krisda Putri Aprilia Indonesia	Sakura Alforte Philippines
Individual kata	Hikaru Ono Japan	Krisda Putri Aprilia Indonesia	Grace Lau Hong Kong
Team kata	Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira Misaki Yabumoto	Indonesia Emilia Sri Hanandyta Anugerah Nurul Lucky Dian Monika Nababan	Iran Najmeh Ghazizadeh Shadi Jafarizadeh Elnaz Taghipour
Team kata	Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira Misaki Yabumoto		Hong Kong Ma Ka Man Wong Sze Man Wu Lok Man
Kumite −50 kg	Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan	Junna Tsukii Philippines	Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei
Kumite −50 kg	Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan	Junna Tsukii Philippines	Tsang Yee Ting Hong Kong
Kumite −55 kg	Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Vietnam	Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei	Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani Indonesia
Kumite −55 kg	Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Vietnam	Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei	Taravat Khaksar Iran
Kumite −61 kg	Sarah Al-Ameri United Arab Emirates	Jamie Lim Philippines	Rozita Alipour Iran
Kumite −61 kg	Sarah Al-Ameri United Arab Emirates	Jamie Lim Philippines	Kymbat Toitonova Kyrgyzstan
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Mobina Heidari Iran	Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Vietnam
Kumite −68 kg	Kayo Someya Japan	Mobina Heidari Iran	Assel Kanay Kazakhstan
Kumite +68 kg	Yuzuki Sawae Japan	Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan	Leila Borjali Iran
Kumite +68 kg	Yuzuki Sawae Japan	Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan	Kewalin Songklin Thailand
Team kumite	Vietnam Đinh Thị Hương Hồ Thị Thu Hiền Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Nguyễn Thị Ngoan	United Arab Emirates Sarah Al-Ameri Hawraa Al-Ajmi Al-Yazia Ismail Fatma Khasaif	Japan Yuzuki Sawae Kayo Someya Maya Suzuki Sumika Yazawa
Team kumite			Kazakhstan Madina Alimanova Sofya Berultseva Sabina Zakharova Moldir Zhangbyrbay

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	8	1	1	10
2	Kazakhstan	3	1	4	8
3	Vietnam	2	0	1	3
4	Iran	1	5	7	13
5	Saudi Arabia	1	3	2	6
6	United Arab Emirates	1	1	1	3
7	Jordan	1	0	2	3
8	Indonesia	0	3	3	6
9	Philippines	0	2	1	3
10	Chinese Taipei	0	1	2	3
11	Hong Kong	0	0	3	3
11	Kuwait	0	0	3	3
13	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2	2
14	South Korea	0	0	1	1
14	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		17	17	34	68

References

^ "AKF Senior and Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships move to Kazakhstan". News of World Karate Federation (WKF).
^ "Official World Karate Federation Calendar 2021". World Karate Federation (WKF).
^ "Asian Karate Federation moves Asian Championships to Kazakhstan". Insidethe Games.
^ "New kings and queens of Karate in Asia to be crowned in Kazakhstan". World Karate Federation. 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ Burke, Patrick (19 December 2021). "Espinós hails historic year for karate prior to Asian Senior Championships in Almaty". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

External links

Official International Calendar 2021 of Sports Karate
Official Website of Asian Karate Federation (AKF)
Results book

[1] "AKF Senior and Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships move to Kazakhstan". News of World Karate Federation (WKF).

[2] "Official World Karate Federation Calendar 2021". World Karate Federation (WKF).

[3] "Asian Karate Federation moves Asian Championships to Kazakhstan". Insidethe Games.

[4] "New kings and queens of Karate in Asia to be crowned in Kazakhstan". World Karate Federation. 16 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[espinos_hails_historic_year_for_karate_prior_to_asian_senior_championships_in_almaty_2021-5] Burke, Patrick (19 December 2021). "Espinós hails historic year for karate prior to Asian Senior Championships in Almaty". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 December 2021.