France competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics, France was the penultimate nation to enter the stadium, alongside the United States which will host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, before the host country Japan during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony. Additionally, a French segment was performed in Paris and some pre-recorded events at the closing ceremony as performers did not travel to Tokyo due to the travel restrictions related to the pandemic. However, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was the only delegation present at the ceremony.
Bakhriniso Babaeva is an Uzbekistani karateka. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.
Daniyar Yuldashev is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite +84 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is also a silver medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.
Tareg Ali Hamedi is a Saudi Arabian karateka. He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's +75 kg event after being disqualified for knocking out his opponent with an illegal kick. He is a seven-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships. He is also a gold medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games and a bronze medalist at the 2018 Asian Games.
Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda is an Indonesian karateka competing in the men's kata event. He won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Btissam Sadini is a Moroccan karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Vinícius Figueira is a Brazilian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Ceyco Georgia Zefanya is an Indonesian karateka. She is a three-time silver medalist at the Southeast Asian Games.
Giana Mohamed Farouk Lotfy is an Egyptian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a gold medalist in her event at the African Games, the Islamic Solidarity Games and the Mediterranean Games.
The Olympics Karate 2020 Qualification Tournament was held from 11 to 13 June, 2021. The event took place in AccorHotels Arena sports hall, located in Paris, France.
Oceanne Mylène Ganiero is a Beninese karate champion. She won the bronze medal in individual karate under 55 kg at the 2018 African Karate Championships in Kigali, at the 2019 African Karate Championships in Gaborone, and at the 2019 African Games..
Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa is a Jordanian karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a two-time medalist at the Asian Games and a six-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships.
Sabina Zakharova is a Kazakhstani karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea. She is also a five-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.
Bashar Al-Najjar is a Jordanian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is also a gold medalist at the Asian Karate Championships and a two-time medalist at the Asian Games.
Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz is an Egyptian karateka and the first female Egyptian to have won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal in the women's +61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Moldir Zhangbyrbay is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka, she is currently represents Kazakhstan internationally Kumite (Karate) event.
Abdullah Shaaban is a Kuwaiti karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. He is also a two-time gold medalist in the men's 60 kg event at the Asian Karate Championships.
Sultan Al-Zahrani is a Saudi Arabian karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Krisda Putri Aprilia is an Indonesian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.
Raybak Melk Abdesselem, also known as Raybak Abdesselem is a French Karate Champion. He has won 2 gold medals in the Gold European championship which was held in Aalborg Denmark in 2019 in Finland, and Gold European Championship in Tampere Finland U21 in 2021. Raybak won two silver medals in World Championship U21 Chile in Santiago in 2019, and European Championship U21 in Budapest Hungry in 2020. Raybak also won one bronze medal in European Championship Junior in Sotchi Russia in 2018. Raybak was the participant in Men's French team for the European Karate Championships in 2019 in Porec, Croatia and ranked 5th.
