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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Team kata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sae Taira is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. [1] [2] She also won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [3]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Asian Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan | 1st | Team kata |
| 2018 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | Team kata |
| World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | Team kata | |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Team kata |
| 2021 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | Team kata |
| Asian Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 1st | Team kata | |
| 2022 | Asian Championships | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 1st | Team kata |
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Malacca, Malaysia | 1st | Team kata |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Team kata |
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 medalist 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.
Sanae Agalmam is a Moroccan karateka. She represented Morocco at the 2019 African Games and she won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kata event.
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. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a three-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.
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.
Miho Miyahara is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 Asian 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.
Silvia Semeraro is an Italian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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.
Mai Mugiyama is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
Saori Ishibashi is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Alizée Agier is a French karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2014 World Karate Championships held in Bremen, Germany. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2019 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.
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.
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.
Menna Shaaban Okila is an Egyptian karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won the gold medal in the women's team kumite event.
Shara Hubrich is a German karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She won the gold medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2023 European Karate Championships held in Guadalajara, Spain.
Hikaru Ono born 30 August 1992) is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the Asian Karate Championships.
María Torres García is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She won the silver medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
Misaki Yabumoto is a Japanese karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's team kata event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A month later, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2021 Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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