Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games

Karate competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the gymnastics competitions.[1]

Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games
Karate pictogram
VenuePolideportivo Villa El Salvador
DatesAugust 9–11, 2019
Competitors132
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14 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in kumite (five per gender). A further four events (two per gender) in kata were contested, after the Panamsports added them to the sports program in March 2017. This marked the first time kata events were held at the Pan American Games since 2003 in Santo Domingo.[2] A total of 132 athletes qualified to compete at the games.[3]

The top three medallists (in order of gold, silver then bronze) not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics according to the Olympic Standings as of April 6, 2020, qualified for the said games.[4]


Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States5117
2  Dominican Republic3137
3  Venezuela2248
4  Peru*2046
5  Brazil1247
6  Chile1214
7  Mexico0426
8  Canada0202
9  Colombia0022
  Guatemala0022
11  Argentina0011
  Cuba0011
  Panama0011
  Uruguay0011
Totals (14 entries)14142755

Medallists

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
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Antonio Díaz
  Venezuela
Ariel Torres Gutierrez
  United States
Mariano Wong
  Peru
Héctor Cención
  Panama
Team kata
details
  Peru
John Trebejo
Oliver del Castillo
Carlos Lam
  Mexico
Waldo Ramírez
Diego Rosales
Jesús Leonardo Rodríguez
  Brazil
Guilherme Silva
Lucas Santos
Victor Mota
  Argentina
Martín Juiz
Luca Impagnatiello
Sebastián González
60 kg
details
Joaquín González
  Chile
Douglas Brose
  Brazil
Maximiliano Larrosa
  Uruguay
Jovanni Martínez
  Venezuela
67 kg
details
Andrés Madera
  Venezuela
Camilo Velozo
  Chile
Deivis Ferreras
  Dominican Republic
Vinícius Figueira
  Brazil
75 kg
details
Thomas Scott
  United States
Hernani Veríssimo
  Brazil
Allan Maldonado
  Guatemala
Anderson Soriano
  Dominican Republic
84 kg
details[a]
Kamran Madani
  United States
Alan Ever Cuevas
  Mexico
Freddy Valera
  Venezuela
+84 kg
details
Brian Irr
  United States
Daniel Gaysinsky
  Canada
Rodrigo Rojas
  Chile
Diego Lenis
  Colombia

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Sakura Kokumai
  United States
María Dimitrova
  Dominican Republic
Andrea Armada
  Venezuela
Ingrid Aranda
  Peru
Team kata
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  Dominican Republic
María Dimitrova
Franchel Velázquez
Sasha Rodríguez
  Mexico
Cinthia de la Rúe
Pamela Contreras
Victoria Cruz
  Brazil
Carolaini Pereira
Sabrina Pereira
Izabel Cardoso
  Peru
Saida Salcedo
Sol Romani
Rosa Almarza
50 kg
details
Shannon Nishi
  United States
Alicia Hernández
  Mexico
Cheili González
  Guatemala
Jéssica de Paula
  Brazil
55 kg
details
Valéria Kumizaki
  Brazil
Kathryn Campbell
  Canada
Baurelys Torres
  Cuba
Paula Flores
  Mexico
61 kg
details
Alexandra Grande
  Peru
Claudymar Garcés
  Venezuela
Karina Díaz
  Dominican Republic
Xhunashi Caballero
  Mexico
68 kg
details
Tanya Rodríguez
  Dominican Republic
Susana Li
  Chile
Wendy Mosquera
  Colombia
Marianth Cuervo
  Venezuela
+68 kg
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Pamela Rodríguez
  Dominican Republic
Omaira Molina
  Venezuela
Cirrus Lingl
  United States
Isabel Aco
  Peru

Qualification

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A total of 132 karatekas qualified to compete. Each nation entered a maximum of 18 athletes (nine per gender). There were eight athletes qualified in each individual event, along with six teams in the kata team events. This consisted of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12), and one group of three in each kata team event (six). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualified the maximum number of athletes (18). The rest of the spots were awarded across four qualification tournaments.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Notice to visitors :Pan American Games Lima 2019". www.pkfkarate.com/. Panamerican Karate Federation. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ "World Karate Federation (WKF) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. World Karate Federation (WKF). 9 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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