# 2006 World Karate Championships

The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy | Takashi Katada Japan | Akio Tamashiro Peru |
| Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy | Takashi Katada Japan | Antonio Díaz Venezuela |
| Team kata | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi | France Julien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol | Japan |
| Team kata | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi | France Julien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol | Egypt |
| Kumite −60 kg | Hossein Rouhani Iran | Gurban Taghiyev Azerbaijan | Montassar Tabben Tunisia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Hossein Rouhani Iran | Gurban Taghiyev Azerbaijan | Ibrahim Khalifa Egypt |
| Kumite −65 kg | César Castaño Spain | Luis Plumacher Venezuela | Donny Dharmawan Indonesia |
| Kumite −65 kg | César Castaño Spain | Luis Plumacher Venezuela | Marko Lučić Croatia |
| Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Diego Vandeschrick Belgium | Saeid Farrokhi Iran |
| Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Diego Vandeschrick Belgium | Takuro Nihei Japan |
| Kumite −75 kg | Jasem Vishkaei Iran | David Santana Spain | El-Sayed El-Feky Egypt |
| Kumite −75 kg | Jasem Vishkaei Iran | David Santana Spain | Ko Matsuhisa Japan |
| Kumite −80 kg | Luigi Busà Italy | Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt | Esmaeil Torkzad Iran |
| Kumite −80 kg | Luigi Busà Italy | Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt | Philippe Poirier Canada |
| Kumite +80 kg | Marko Luhamaa Estonia | Mohanad Magdy Egypt | Stefano Maniscalco Italy |
| Kumite +80 kg | Marko Luhamaa Estonia | Mohanad Magdy Egypt | Yann Baillon France |
| Kumite open | Stefano Maniscalco Italy | Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands | Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan |
| Kumite open | Stefano Maniscalco Italy | Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands | Iván Leal Spain |
| Team kumite | Spain Iván Leal Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez David Santana Óscar Vázquez | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Egypt |
| Team kumite | Spain Iván Leal Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez David Santana Óscar Vázquez | Bosnia and Herzegovina | England |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Sara Battaglia Italy | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Myriam Szkudlarek France |
| Individual kata | Sara Battaglia Italy | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Eimi Kurita United States |
| Team kata | France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel | Japan | Spain Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz |
| Team kata | France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel | Japan | Peru |
| Kumite −53 kg | Tomoko Araga Japan | Selene Guglielmi Italy | Heba El-Sayed Egypt |
| Kumite −53 kg | Tomoko Araga Japan | Selene Guglielmi Italy | Kora Knühmann Germany |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eva Medveďová Slovakia | Nassim Varasteh Canada | Diana Schwab Switzerland |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eva Medveďová Slovakia | Nassim Varasteh Canada | Yuka Sato Japan |
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer France | Ayaka Arai Japan | Jessica Bratich Australia |
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer France | Ayaka Arai Japan | Tamara Filipović Serbia |
| Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey | Yadira Lira Mexico | Claudia Niţu Romania |
| Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey | Yadira Lira Mexico | Snežana Perić Serbia |
| Team kumite | Japan | Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Lucía Zamora | Germany Jeannine Herrgesell Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Nadine Ziemer |
| Team kumite | Japan | Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Lucía Zamora | Switzerland Fanny Clavien Reta Duverney Marilena Rubini Diana Schwab |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |

## Participating nations

766 athletes from 81 nations competed.
* Andorra (2)
* Australia (11)
* Austria (11)
* Azerbaijan (9)
* Bangladesh (4)
* Belarus (13)
* Belgium (5)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (16)
* Botswana (9)
* Brazil (24)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (1)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Colombia (4)
* Congo (7)
* Croatia (24)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (14)
* Denmark (5)
* Egypt (16)
* England (12)
* Estonia (11)
* Finland (11)
* France (24)
* Germany (19)
* Greece (12)
* Guatemala (7)
* Hong Kong (13)
* Hungary (3)
* Iceland (2)
* India (3)
* Indonesia (19)
* Iran (16)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (16)
* Ivory Coast (8)
* Japan (19)
* Kazakhstan (10)
* Kuwait (12)
* Latvia (9)
* Libya (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macau (11)
* Macedonia (8)
* Malaysia (14)
* Mexico (8)
* Montenegro (15)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (11)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* New Zealand (4)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Norway (6)
* Pakistan (4)
* Peru (7)
* Philippines (6)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (2)
* Qatar (7)
* Romania (3)
* Russia (22)
* Scotland (10)
* Senegal (13)
* Serbia (19)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (10)
* Slovenia (5)
* South Africa (16)
* South Korea (6)
* Spain (21)
* Sweden (16)
* Switzerland (13)
* Tunisia (8)
* Turkey (17)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (16)
* Venezuela (11)
* Vietnam (1)
* Wales (2)