| Women's individual kata at the 2023 World Karate Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena | ||||||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 24, 28 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 56 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 World Karate Championships | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| Kata | Kata | |
| 60 kg | 50 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| 84 kg | 68 kg | |
| +84 kg | +68 kg | |
| Team kata | Team kata | |
| Team kumite | Team kumite | |
The women's individual kata competition at the 2023 World Karate Championships was held on 24 and 28 October 2023. [1] [2]
| Rank | Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 | ||||
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| Athlete | Total | Athlete | Total | Athlete | Total | Athlete | Total | |
| 1 |  Sakura Kokumai | 41.5 |  Grace Lau | 43.2 |  Aya Hesham | 41.0 |  Hikaru Ono | 43.2 |
| 2 |  Terryana D'Onofrio | 40.9 |  Ana Cruz | 40.8 |  Aya En-Nesyry | 40.1 |  Paola García | 41.8 |
| 3 |  Krisda Putri Aprilia | 40.6 |  Georgia Xenou | 40.7 |  Veronika Míšková | 39.8 |  Dilara Bozan | 41.5 |
| 4 |  Laura Sterck | 40.4 |  Nguyễn Thị Phương | 40.3 |  Chiara Manca | 38.6 |  Mahsa Afsaneh | 40.4 |
| 5 |  Ivana Raguž | 39.3 |  Andrea Armada | 39.6 |  Bess Mänty | 38.5 |  Sakura Alforte | 40.2 |
| 6 |  Helvétia Taily | 38.9 |  Frederikke Bjerring | 38.2 |  Holly Wigg | 38.3 |  Jasmin Jüttner | 39.8 |
| 7 |  Naomi Hypólito | 38.2 |  Saida Salcedo | 37.7 |  Claudia Laos-Loo | 37.6 |  Lovelly Anne Robberth | 37.7 |
| 8 |  Narimène Dahleb | 37.0 |  Isidora Borovčanin | 37.2 |  Jutta Rath | 36.8 |  Shannon Leong | 37.5 |
| Rank | Pool 1 | Pool 2 | ||
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| Athlete | Total | Athlete | Total | |
| 1 | Grace Lau | 43.0 | Hikaru Ono | 43.3 |
| 2 | Sakura Kokumai | 41.6 | Dilara Bozan | 42.0 |
| 3 | Terryana D'Onofrio | 41.1 | Paola García | 41.8 |
| 4 | Nguyễn Thị Phương | 39.7 | Mahsa Afsaneh | 41.0 |
| 5 | Ana Cruz | 39.2 | Aya Hesham | 40.8 |
| 6 | Georgia Xenou | 38.3 | Aya En-Nesyry | 40.2 |
| 7 | Laura Sterck | 38.0 | Veronika Míšková | 39.9 |
| 8 | Krisda Putri Aprilia | 37.8 | Chiara Manca | 38.9 |
| Final | ||
| Grace Lau | 43.8 | |
| Hikaru Ono | 44.8 | |
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| Sakura Kokumai | 42.2 | |||||
| Paola García | 43.1 | |||||
| Terryana D'Onofrio | 42.6 | |||||
| Dilara Bozan | 41.2 | |||||
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