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Mattia Busato (born 2 February 1993) [1] is an Italian karateka. He is a four-time bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships. [2] He is also the gold medalist in the men's individual kata event at the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.
Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. [3]
In 2015, Busato won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. [4] In 2019, he won one of the bronze medals in this event at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. [5]
He competed in the men's kata event at the 2017 World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. [6] In 2018, Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the World University Karate Championships held in Kobe, Japan. [7]
Busato represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate. [8] [9] He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round. [3] In October 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the 2021 Mediterranean Karate Championships held in Limassol, Cyprus. [10] [11] In November 2021, Busato won one of the bronze medals in both the men's kata and men's team kata events at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [12]
Busato lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event.
Busato won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. [13] He lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | European Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | Individual kata |
| 2nd | Team kata | |||
| 2015 | European Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2nd | Team kata | |||
| European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | Individual kata | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Montpellier, France | 3rd | Individual kata |
| World Championships | Linz, Austria | 3rd | Team kata | |
| 2017 | European Championships | İzmit, Turkey | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2nd | Team kata | |||
| 2018 | European Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 3rd | Individual kata |
| World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | Individual kata | |
| 2019 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Spain | 3rd | Individual kata |
| European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 3rd | Individual kata | |
| 2021 | European Championships | Poreč, Croatia | 3rd | Individual kata |
| World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 3rd | Individual kata | |
| 3rd | Team kata | |||
| 2022 | European Championships | Gaziantep, Turkey | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 3rd | Team kata | |||
| 2023 | European Championships | Guadalajara, Spain | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 3rd | Team kata | |||
| European Games | Kraków and Małopolska, Poland | 3rd | Individual kata | |
| 2024 | European Championships | Zadar, Croatia | 3rd | Team kata |
Antonio José Díaz Fernández is a Venezuelan karateka. He is best known for winning gold medals in kata at the World Championships in Serbia (2010) and France (2012), winning of the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013), and Duisburg, Germany (2015), and a silver medal in the World Championships in Japan 2008. He won bronze medals at the WKF World Championships in karate in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2016 in the men's individual kata. He has also won 23 Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships Medals 23 times to date.
Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a retired Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a two-time gold medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in seven consecutive competitions. She is also recognised by Guinness World Records for winning the most medals in the Karate1 Premier League; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.
Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila is a Spanish karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time silver medalist in the individual kata event at the World Championships, a seven-time gold medalist in his event at the European Championships and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Games.
Steven Da Costa, sometimes written as Steven Dacosta is a French karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's 67 kg event at the World Karate Championships. He is also a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
Kiyou Shimizu is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Shimizu is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.
Viviana Bottaro is an Italian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Bottaro has also won numerous medals in the women's individual kata and women's team kata events at the World Karate Championships and the European Karate Championships. She is a three-time bronze medalist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also the 2014 European champion in this event.
Ryo Kiyuna is an Okinawan karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a four-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event, alongside Arata Kinjo and Takuya Uemura. He has also won multiple gold medals in both the individual and team kata events at the Asian Karate Championships.
Merve Çoban is a Turkish karateka. She won the bronze medal in the 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a gold medalist and a two-time silver medalist in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the European Karate Championships.
Yin Xiaoyan is a Chinese karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2018 World Karate Championships in Madrid, Spain, she won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event.
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 an eight-time medalist, including four gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships. He is also a gold medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the Asian Games.
Monsicha Tararattanakul is a Thai karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. She has also won medals at the Southeast Asian Games and the Asian Karate Championships.
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 SEA Games held in Manila, Philippines. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2021 SEA Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Grace Lau Mo-sheung is a Hong Kong karateka. She won bronze in the women’s kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, becoming the first Hong Kong athlete to win an Olympic medal in karate. She is a three-time medallist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also a medallist in this event at the Asian Games and the World Beach Games. She is a six-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Karate Championships.
Darkhan Assadilov is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.
Dilara Bozan is a Turkish karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's individual kata event at the Islamic Solidarity Games. She is also a ten-time medalist, including gold, in this event at the European Karate Championships.
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.
Roman Heydarov is an Azerbaijani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
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.
Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi is a Kuwaiti karateka. He represented Kuwait at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event. He finished in 5th place in his pool in the elimination round and he did not advance to the next round.
Noah Bitsch is a German karateka. He has won medals at both the World Karate Championships and European Karate Championships with his best individual result being bronze at the 2014 World Karate Championships and silver at the 2015 European Karate Championships. He has also won medals in the men's team kumite event at several editions of both competitions. In 2013, he also won the silver medal in his event at the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia.
