The World Karate Federation (WKF) is the largest international governing body of sport karate with 198 member countries. It was formed in 1990, is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members. The WKF organizes the Junior and Senior Karate World Championships, which are each held every other year. The President of the WKF is Antonio Espinos, and the headquarters are located in Madrid, Spain. All the styles are officially recognised by the WKF.
Yıldız Aras is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. Aras is member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Karate team. As of May 2009, she is world's best in women's kumite open division.
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., shortly Istanbul BB SK or IBBSK, is a multi-sports club of the metropolitan municipality of Istanbul in Turkey.
Enes Erkan is a World and European champion Turkish karateka competing in the kumite +84 kg division. He transferred from the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. to the Sakarya Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. He studies physical education and sports at Sakarya University.
Afghanistan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. This marked Afghanistan's return to international sporting events after the fall of the Taliban regime. The Afghan delegation consisted of 12 officials and 44 competitors participating in seven different sports. The Afghanistan national football team played its first international match since the 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification phase. An English teacher from Kabul, Roia Zamani, won a bronze medal in the 72 kg middleweight class of taekwondo without winning a single match. Zamani was the only medalist from the Afghan side and the first Afghan medalist in 20 years. None of the remaining athletes advanced past the qualifying stages, and as such did not win any medals.
Karate for the 2013 Bolivarian Games, took place from 27 November to 29 November 2013.
The karate competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Japan competed at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, from 20 July 2017 to 30 July 2017.
Iran competed at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland, from 20 July 2017 to 30 July 2017.
Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the debut appearance of karate at the Summer Olympics. Karate was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program specifically for 2020, rather than as a permanent sport.
The karate competition at the World Games 2017 took place from 25 to 26 July, in Wrocław in Poland, in the GEM Sports Complex. 96 sportsmen from 39 nations participated in the event.
The karate competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 25 to 27 July at the Coliseo Colegio Marymount.
Pakistan is competed in the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal from 1 to 10 December 2019. It participated in Tennis, Table Tennis, Athletics, Handball, Taekwondo, Kabbadi, Badminton, Swimming, Karate, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Boxing, Squash, Volleyball, Judo and Wushu.
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 bronze medalist at the 2018 Asian Games.
Prem Kumar Selvam is a Malaysian karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 55 kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. Two years earlier, he won bronze in this event. He is also a bronze medalist at the Asian Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.
Teerawat Kangtong is a Thai karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite +75 kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines. He is also a three-time bronze medalist at the Asian Karate Championships.
Maziar Farid-Khomami (IRI)
Adel Al-Mejadi (KUW)
Kazuaki Matsumoto (JPN)
Mohamed Salem Ghalaita (UAE)
Muniandy Rajoo (MAS)
Raafat Al-Karad (SYR)
Shattyk Kazhymukanov (KAZ)
Magid Adwan (QAT)
Hsu Hsiang-ming (TPE)
Takuro Nihei (JPN)
Isroil Ismoilov (TJK)
Mutasembellah Khair (JOR)
Jang Min-soo (KOR)
Shakhboz Akhatov (UZB)
