| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's karate | ||
Representing  France | ||
| World Games | ||
 | 1981 Santa Clara | Kumite open |
Marc Pyree (born 2 June 1960 in Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe) is a French karateka, who was part of the French kumite team that won gold at the 1994 World Karate Championships and at the 1980, 1981 and 1993 European Karate Championships. [1] [2]
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg, known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of ten his father enrolled him in martial arts classes, which led to Van Damme participating in several competitions. With the desire of becoming an actor, he moved to the United States in 1982, where he did odd jobs and worked on several films, until he got his break as the lead in the martial arts film Bloodsport (1988).
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.
Damien Dovy is a French karateka who won multiple medals at Karate's top Competitions the European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships. Also lost with the Algerian/swedish Amin Boubeker in 1996 in swedish open in stokholm , Although born in France Dovy also represented Benin the country of his heritage at international level.
Lucie Ignace is a French karateka born 16 December 1992 in Saint-Denis, Réunion. She won the gold medal in the 55 kg category at the 2012 World Karate Championships in Paris after securing a bronze medal at the 2012 European Karate Championships in Tenerife. In June 2015, she competed in the inaugural European Games, for France in karate, more specifically, Women's Kumite for 61 kilograms. She earned a gold medal.
Anita Arturivna Serogina is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite 61 kg division.
Ivona Ćavar is a leading women's Bosnian karate competitor.
Lamya Matoub is a French-Algerian female karateka who generally competes in the kumite category. She has played in domestic level competitions in France representing Sarcelles club and shifted her focus to represent Algeria in international competitions. Lamya has claimed medals at various sport events including the World Karate Championships and in the World Games. On 26 August 2019, she claimed her second African Games medal in the 50kg kumite category during the 2019 African Games and couldn't able to defend her gold medal she claimed during the 2015 African 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 two-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
Xhunashi Caballero is a Mexican karateka. She won a silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games and she repeated this at the 2015 Pan American Games. In 2019, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite -61 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
Bakhriniso Babaeva is an Uzbekistani karateka. At the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 50 kg event.
Camilo Velozo Zuñiga is a Chilean karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, he won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event.
Emily Thouy is a French karateka. She became world champion in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the 2016 World Karate Championships held in Linz, Austria.
Kristina Mah is an Australian karateka. She is a gold medalist at the World 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.
Mario Hodžić is a Montenegrin karateka. He won the silver medal in the men's kumite 67 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
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.
Halyna Melnyk is a Ukrainian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Lucija Lesjak is a Croatian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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.
Yorgelis Salazar is a Venezuelan karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.
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