| Karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games | |
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| Venue | Mohammed ben Ahmed CCO Hall 03 and 06 |
| Dates | 26–28 July |
| Competitors | 134 from 20 [1] nations |
| Karate at the 2022 Mediterranean Games | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 60 kg | 50 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| 84 kg | 68 kg | |
| +84 kg | +68 kg | |
The Karate event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held in Oran, Algeria, from 26 to 27 June 2022. [2] [3] [4] [5]
* Host nation (Algeria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Algeria* | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Egypt | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Italy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Morocco | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumite –60 kg | Eray Şamdan  Turkey | Ala Salmi  Algeria | Amr Aboukora  Egypt Rayyan Meziane  France |
| Kumite –67 kg | Dionysios Xenos  Greece | Luca Maresca  Italy | Ahmed Lotfy Egypt Marcos Tsangaras  Cyprus |
| Kumite –75 kg | Oussama Zaid Algeria | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Luigi Busà Italy Hamza Turulja  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite –84 kg | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Vladimir Brežančić  Serbia | Ivan Kvesić  Croatia Uğur Aktaş Turkey |
| Kumite +84 kg | Anđelo Kvesić Croatia | Hocine Daikhi Algeria | Rijad Džuho Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehdi Sriti  Morocco |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumite –50 kg | Cylia Ouikene Algeria | Reem Salama Egypt | Chaimae El Hayti Morocco Alba Pinilla  Spain |
| Kumite –55 kg | Louiza Abouriche Algeria | Ahlam Youssef Egypt | Veronica Brunori Italy Tuba Yakan Turkey |
| Kumite –61 kg | Chaima Midi Algeria | Wafa Mahjoub  Tunisia | Nejra Sipović Bosnia and Herzegovina Alessandra Mangiacapra Italy |
| Kumite –68 kg | Feryal Abdelaziz Egypt | Silvia Semeraro Italy | Nissrine Brouk Morocco Eda Eltemur Turkey |
| Kumite +68 kg | Kyriaki Kydonaki Greece | Milena Jovanović  Montenegro | Meltem Hocaoğlu Turkey Chehinez Jemi Tunisia |
Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu is a Turkish karateka, who competes in the kumite 50–53 kg divisions. She won a world title in 2014 and a European title in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
Angelo Crescenzo is an Italian karateka athlete who won a gold medal at the 2018 World Karate Championships. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's −67 kg. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.
Luca Maresca is an Italian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. Four years earlier, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2015 European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Luigi Busà is an Italian karateka. He is a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a five-time gold medalist at the European Karate Championships. He represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, winning the first-ever gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event.
Eray Şamdan is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite. He won the silver medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Ahlam Youssef is an Egyptian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 African Karate Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.
Anđelo Kvesić is a Croatian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite +84 kg event at the 2022 European Karate Championships held in Gaziantep, Turkey. He is a two-time bronze medalist in his event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the European Games.
Dionysios Xenos is a Greek karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2021 European Karate Championships held in Poreč, Croatia. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Algeria competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria over 10 days from 25 June to 5 July 2022 with delegation of 522 persons, including 293 men and 182 women. The country finished the Games with 53 medals amongst all nations: 20 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze. This is the best participation in the history of Algeria, breaking the number of the 2001 Mediterranean Games. The sports with the most medals were Athletics, Karate and Boxing. The first medals Algeria earned were in Karate, where Algeria won six medals, including four golds by Cylia Ouikene, Louiza Abouriche and Chaima Midi for women's and Oussama Zaid for men's. In Boxing, Algeria participated with fifteen men's and women's boxers, 13 of whom won medals including five golds through Jugurtha Ait Bekka, Roumaysa Boualam, Hadjila Khelif, Imane Khelif and Yahia Abdelli. The third specialty in terms of medals is strong Athletics with a total of 13 medals, including five golds, by Bilal Tabti in 3000 m steeplechase, Yasser Triki in Triple jump, Bilel Afer in high jump, Djamel Sedjati in 800 m and finally the Men's 4×400 m relay team. In other sports participation was different and in Badminton duo Koceila Mammeri and Youcef Sabri Medel won a historic gold, and the only one in this specialty, by defeating the Spanish duo Luis Enrique Penalver Pereira and Pablo Abian Vicen. In fencing Algeria won its first gold medal in history with Saoussen Boudiaf winning against Italian Rebecca Gargano. In Judo, from which a lot was expected of Algeria, they earned four medals, one of which was gold by Messaoud Dris in 73 kg, defeating Moroccan Hassan Doukkali by Ippon. In wrestling, swimming and weightlifting, he won one gold medal in each discipline: Bachir Sid Azara in men's Greco-Roman as for Ishak Ghaiou and Abdelkrim Ouakali get the silver medal. Jaouad Syoud in 200 m individual medley and Walid Bidani in snatch +102 kg and was satisfied with silver in Clean & jerk.
The Taekwondo event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held in Oran, Algeria, from 3 to 4 July 2022.
Chaima Midi is an Algerian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event at the 2019 African Games.
Italy competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.
Kyriaki Kydonaki is a Greek karateka. She is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and a bronze medalist at the European Karate Championships and the European Games.
Egypt competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.
Montenegro competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.
Cylia Ouikene is an Algerian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Chaimae El Hayti is a Moroccan karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Louiza Abouriche is an Algerian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won the silver medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Wafa Mahjoub is a Tunisian karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 61 kg event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.
Hocine Daikhi is an Algerian karateka. He is a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Mediterranean Games, a silver medalist at the African Games and a bronze medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games. He has also won medals in individual and team events at several editions of the African Karate Championships.