title: 2000 World Karate Championships
text: # 2000 World Karate Championships
  
  The 2000 World Karate Championships are the 15th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Munich, Germany from October 12 to October 15, 2000.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual kata | Michaël Milon France | Ryoki Abe Japan | Luca Valdesi Italy |
  | Team kata | Japan | France Yves Bardreau Stéphane Mari Laurent Riccio | Spain Javier Hernández David Toro Fernando San José |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Cécil Boulesnane France | Francesco Ortu Italy | Damien Dovy Benin |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Cécil Boulesnane France | Francesco Ortu Italy | Kenichi Imai Japan |
  | Kumite −65 kg | Lazar Boskovic Germany | Ángel Ramiro Spain | Alexandre Biamonti France |
  | Kumite −65 kg | Lazar Boskovic Germany | Ángel Ramiro Spain | George Kotaka United States |
  | Kumite −70 kg | Junior Lefevre Croatia | Fodé Ndao Senegal | Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran |
  | Kumite −70 kg | Junior Lefevre Croatia | Fodé Ndao Senegal | Rida Bel-Lahsen France |
  | Kumite −75 kg | Iván Leal Spain | Fadi Chaabo Germany | David Félix France |
  | Kumite −75 kg | Iván Leal Spain | Fadi Chaabo Germany | Gennaro Talarico Italy |
  | Kumite −80 kg | Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands | Yann Baillon France | Thomas Nitschmann Germany |
  | Kumite −80 kg | Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands | Yann Baillon France | Alejandro Arnáiz Spain |
  | Kumite +80 kg | Mamadou Ndiaye Senegal | Seydina Baldé France | Mehran Behnamfar Iran |
  | Kumite +80 kg | Mamadou Ndiaye Senegal | Seydina Baldé France | Marc Haubold Germany |
  | Kumite open | Christophe Pinna France | Davide Benetello Italy | Saeid Ashtian Iran |
  | Kumite open | Christophe Pinna France | Davide Benetello Italy | Konstantinos Papadopoulos Greece |
  | Team kumite | France Yann Baillon Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Rida Bel-Lahsen Alexandre Biamonti Cécil Boulesnane David Félix Robert Gomis | Germany Samad Azadi Fadi Chaabo Mark Haubold Andreas Horn Thomas Nitschmann Emanuel Racanel Senol Yildirim | England |
  | Team kumite | France Yann Baillon Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Rida Bel-Lahsen Alexandre Biamonti Cécil Boulesnane David Félix Robert Gomis | Germany Samad Azadi Fadi Chaabo Mark Haubold Andreas Horn Thomas Nitschmann Emanuel Racanel Senol Yildirim | Spain Alejandro Arnáiz Serafín Blanco Tomás Herrero Iván Leal Óscar Olivares David Ortega Óscar Vázquez |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual kata | Atsuko Wakai Japan | Myriam Szkudlarek France | Roberta Sodero Italy |
  | Team kata | France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Myriam Szkudlarek | Japan | Italy |
  | Kumite −53 kg | Hiromi Hasama Japan | Nadia Mecheri France | Gladys Eusebio Peru |
  | Kumite −53 kg | Hiromi Hasama Japan | Nadia Mecheri France | Marijana Vićovac FR Yugoslavia |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Alexandra Witteborn Germany | Chiara Stella Bux Italy | Slađana Mitić FR Yugoslavia |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Alexandra Witteborn Germany | Chiara Stella Bux Italy | Mayumi Baba Japan |
  | Kumite +60 kg | Natsu Yamaguchi Japan | Gloria Casanova Spain | Elisabeth Fuchs Austria |
  | Kumite +60 kg | Natsu Yamaguchi Japan | Gloria Casanova Spain | Laurence Fischer France |
  | Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey | Nathalie Leroy France | Eri Fujioka Japan |
  | Kumite open | Yıldız Aras Turkey | Nathalie Leroy France | Roberta Minet Italy |
  | Team kumite | France Patricia Chéreau Laurence Fischer Nathalie Leroy Nadia Mecheri | Spain Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Estefanía García Sonia Gómez | Japan |
  | Team kumite | France Patricia Chéreau Laurence Fischer Nathalie Leroy Nadia Mecheri | Spain Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Estefanía García Sonia Gómez | Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik Meral Ölmez |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Germany)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
  | 2 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
  | 3 | Germany* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 4 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
  | 5 | Senegal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Italy | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
  | 10 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 11 | FR Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 12 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Benin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 |
  