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| Born | 18 October 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Kata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vu Duc Minh Dack (born 18 October 1982) [1] is a French karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2012 World Karate Championships held in Paris, France. [2] He also won medals at the World Karate Championships in 2008 and in 2014. [3] He also won medals at many editions of the European Karate Championships.
He won the silver medal in the men's kata event at the 2009 World Games held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [4]
In 2015, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2017, he lost his bronze medal match against Antonio Díaz in the individual kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland. [5]
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 2009 | World Games | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 2012 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Individual kata |
| 2014 | World Championships | Bremen, Germany | 3rd | Individual kata |
| 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.
France competed at the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 20, 2017 to July, 30 2017.
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 three-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 also a two-time gold medalist in the men's 67 kg event at the World Karate Championships and a three-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
Sakura Kokumai is an American karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's individual kata event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She represented the United States in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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.
Mattia Busato is an Italian karateka. He is a four-time bronze medalist at the World Karate Championships. He is also the gold medalist in the men's individual kata event at the 2014 European Karate Championships held in Tampere, Finland.
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 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines. He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Mouad Ouites is an Algerian karateka. He represented Algeria at the 2019 African Games and he won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event.
Mariano Wong is a Peruvian karateka. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event.
Héctor Cención is a Panamanian karateka. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event.
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 nine-time medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
Sandy Scordo is a French karateka. She is a two-time silver medalist at the World Karate Championships in the women's individual kata event, both in 2012 and in 2014.
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.
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.
Kalvis Kalniņš is a Latvian karateka. He is a five-time medalist at the European Karate Championships: in total, he won one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
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.
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.
Abolfazl Shahrjerdi is an Iranian karateka competing in the men's kata event. He is a two-time medalist at the Islamic Solidarity Games and a five-time medalist at the Asian Karate Championships. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's team kata event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.
