Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's individual kata

Women's individual kata at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Contact Sports Center
Dates	November 3
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Sakura Kokumai    United States   Valentina Zapata    Colombia   Claudia Laos-Loo    Canada   Andrea Armada    Venezuela
«2019 2027»

The women's individual kata competition of the karate events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 3 at the Contact Sports Center (Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto) in Santiago, Chile. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 3, 2023	10:00	Pool matches
November 3, 2023	16:00	Final

Results

The athletes with the two best scores of each pool advance to the semifinals. ^[3]

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Valentina Zapata  (COL)	3	3	0	9
2	Claudia Laos-Loo  (CAN)	3	1	2	3
3	Andrea Armada  (VEN)	3	1	2	3
4	Cristina Orbe  (ECU)	3	1	2	3

	Score
Andrea Armada  (VEN)	39.80–40.50	Valentina Zapata  (COL)
Cristina Orbe  (ECU)	38.30–39.60	Claudia Laos-Loo  (CAN)
Andrea Armada  (VEN)	38.00–38.90	Cristina Orbe  (ECU)
Valentina Zapata  (COL)	39.60–38.20	Claudia Laos-Loo  (CAN)
Valentina Zapata  (COL)	39.90–38.10	Cristina Orbe  (ECU)
Andrea Armada  (VEN)	39.20–38.10	Claudia Laos-Loo  (CAN)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Sakura Kokumai  (USA)	3	3	0	9
2	Nicole Yonamine  (BRA)	3	2	1	6
3	Isidora Gallo  (CHI)	3	1	2	3
4	María Dimitrova  (DOM)	3	0	3	0

	Score
Nicole Yonamine  (BRA)	–	María Dimitrova  (DOM) (WDR)
Isidora Gallo  (CHI)	37.80–40.30	Sakura Kokumai  (USA)
Nicole Yonamine  (BRA)	39.30–38.10	Isidora Gallo  (CHI)
María Dimitrova  (DOM) (WDR)	–	Sakura Kokumai  (USA)
María Dimitrova  (DOM) (WDR)	–	Isidora Gallo  (CHI)
Nicole Yonamine  (BRA)	39.70–41.30	Sakura Kokumai  (USA)

Finals

The results were as follows: ^[4]

	Gold medal match
	Valentina Zapata  (COL)		39.40
	Sakura Kokumai  (USA)		41.10

	Bronze medal match
	Isidora Gallo  (CHI)		39.10
	Claudia Laos-Loo  (CAN)		40.10
	Bronze medal match
	Andrea Armada  (VEN)		40.30
	Nicole Yonamine  (BRA)		40.20

References

1. "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. "Karate Women's individual kata pool results" (PDF). Retrieved November 30, 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Karate Women's individual kata final results" (PDF). Retrieved November 30, 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ]}