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Karate 1-Premier League update after Fortaleza event

2016-09-20

Karate 1-Premier League update after Fortaleza event

The season of the first-class international Karate competition is coming to an end, and after the eight event of the Karate 1-Premier League held this past weekend in Fortaleza, top Karatekas are making the most of their opportunities to shine in the big tournament of the sport.

The season of the first-class international Karate competition is coming to an end, and after the eight event of the Karate 1-Premier League held this past weekend in Fortaleza, top Karatekas are making the most of their opportunities to shine in the big tournament of the sport.

The Karate 1-Premier League travelled to Brazil for the only tournament in South America this season following the events in Paris (France), Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Dubai (UAE), Salzburg (Austria), Rabat (Morocco) and Istanbul (Turkey), . The city of Fortaleza acted as venue of the eight Karate 1-Premier League of the year, where athletes intensified their efforts to reach for medals.

After the Fortaleza event, Spaniards Sandra Sanchez and Damian Quintero are the only Karatekas who have earned three gold medals in Karate 1-Premier League this season. Meanwhile, Valeria Kumizaki of Brazil, Ingrida Suchankova of Slovakia and Alisa Buchinger of Austria claimed their second gold of the season.

These are the winners of the events in 2016 Karate 1-Premier League by categories.

Female Kata
Paris: Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
Rotterdam: Emiri Iwamoto (JPN)
Dubai: Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
Salzburg: Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)
Rabat: Aya Nassiri (MOR)
Istanbul: Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
Fortaleza: Dorota Balciarova (SVK)

Female Kumite -50 Kg
Paris: Alexandra Recchia (FRA)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Areeg Rashed (EGY)
Rotterdam: Alexandra Recchia (FRA)
Dubai: Bettina Plank (AUT)
Salzburg: Ayaka Tadano (JPN)
Rabat: Khawla Ouhammad (MOR)
Istanbul: Serap Ozcelik (TUR)
Fortaleza: Giovanna Feroldi (BRA)

Female Kumite -55 Kg
Paris: Cristina Ferrer (ESP)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Aya Shaaban (EGY)
Rotterdam: Jennifer Warling (LUX)
Dubai: Syakilla Salni Jefry Krishnan (MAL)
Salzburg: Valeria Kumizaki (BRA)
Rabat: Oumaima El-Absi (MOR)
Istanbul: Tzu Yun Wen (TAI)
Fortaleza: Valeria Kumizaki (BRA)

Female Kumite -61 Kg
Paris: Merve Coban (TUR)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Giana Lofty (EGY)
Rotterdam: Lucie Ignace (FRA)
Dubai: Giana Mohamed Farouk (EGY)
Salzburg: Alexandra Grande (PER)
Rabat: Ingrida Suchankova (SLO)
Istanbul: Tjasa Ristic (SLO)
Fortaleza: Ingrida Suchankova (SVK)

Female Kumite -68 Kg
Paris: Vassiliki Panetsidou (GRE)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Cristina Vizcaino (ESP)
Rotterdam: Vassiliki Panetsidou (GRE)
Dubai: Silvia Semeraro (ITA)
Salzburg: Alisa Buchinger (AUT)
Rabat: Silvia Semeraro (ITA)
Istanbul: Busra Seyda Turan (TUR)
Fortaleza: Alisa Buchinger (AUT)

Female Kumite 68+ Kg
Paris: Anne Laure Florentin (FRA)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Anastasiya Stepashko (UKR)
Rotterdam: Vanesca Tania Nortan (NED)
Dubai: Fanny Clavien (SUI)
Salzburg: Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)
Rabat: Fatima Zahrae Aghardis (MOR)
Istanbul: Masa Vidic (CRO)
Fortaleza: Isabela Rodrigues (BRA)

Male Kata
Paris: Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Francisco Jose Salazar (ESP)
Rotterdam: Damian Quintero (ESP)
Dubai: Damian Quintero (ESP)
Salzburg: Antonio Diaz (VEN)
Rabat: Damian Quintero (ESP)
Istanbul: Ali Sofuoglu (TUR)
Fortaleza: Lucas Santos (BRA)

Male Kumite -60 Kg
Paris: Ihor Uhnich (UKR)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Abdulhadi Almalki (KSA)
Rotterdam:  Geoffrey Berens (NED)
Dubai: Angelo Crescenzo (ITA)
Salzburg: Marko Antic (SRB)
Rabat: Emad Al-Malki (SAU)
Istanbul: Abdullah Alharbi (SAU)
Fortaleza: Douglas Brose (BRA)

Male Kumite -67 Kg
Paris: Saeid Ahmadikaryani (IRI)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Bashar Alnajjar (JOR)
Rotterdam: Assylbek Muratov (KAZ)
Dubai: Ali Elsawy (EGY)
Salzburg: Vinicius Figueira (BRA)
Rabat: Bashar Alnajjar (JOR)
Istanbul: Muhammet Ali Yilmaz (TUR)
Fortaleza: Breno Teixeira (BRA)

Male Kumite -75 Kg
Paris: Thomas Scott (USA)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Omar Abdel Rahman (EGY)
Rotterdam: Erman Eltemur (TUR)
Dubai: Rafael Aghayev (AZE)
Salzburg: Daisuke Watanabe (JPN)
Rabat: Khalid Alshaikhi (SAU)
Istanbul: Erman Eltemur (TUR)
Fortaleza: Hernani Verissimo (BRA)

Male Kumite -84 Kg
Paris: Ryutaro Araga (JPN)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Abdalla Ibrahim (EGY)
Rotterdam: Timothy Petersen (NED)
Dubai: Ugur Aktas (TUR)
Salzburg: Ryutaro Araga (JPN)
Rabat: Amin Bouazza (FRA)
Istanbul: Ugus Aktas (TUR)
Fortaleza: Adam Ramos (BRA)

Male Kumite 84+ Kg
Paris: Enes Erkan (TUR)
Sharm El-Sheikh: Achraf Ouchen (MOR)
Rotterdam: Ridvan Kaptan (TUR)
Dubai: Ahmed Said (UAE)
Salzburg: Slobodan Bitevic (SRB)
Rabat: Achraf Ouchen (MOR)
Istanbul: Enes Erkan (TUR)
Fortaleza: Rodrigo Rojas (CHI)