WKF Karate World Championships 2025 in Cairo – All Winners and Medalists

On November 30, the WKF Karate World Championships 2025 concluded in Cairo (Egypt), bringing together the top 32 athletes of the world rankings in each weight category. As a result of the tournament, all winners and medalists in 12 weight divisions were determined.

The Egyptian national team confidently took first place in the overall standings. The hosts of the tournament won 3 gold medals and 1 bronze. Four countries shared second place with identical medal counts — 1 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze: Japan, Italy, Iran, and Turkey. Uzbekistan, Jordan, Hong Kong, France, and Germany also secured one gold medal each.

Team Armenia earned one bronze medal, won by Suren Harutyunyan (75 kg). This is the first world championship medal in Armenia’s history.

Full Results of the 2025 Karate World Championships

MEN

Kata:

• Kakeru Nishiyama (Japan)

• Alessio Ghinami (Italy)

• Enes Ozdemir (Turkey) and Ariel Torres Gutierrez (USA)

60 kg:

• Eray Samdan (Turkey)

• Islam Selmani (Kosovo)

• Hiromu Hashimoto (Japan) and Xenos Christos-Stefanos (Greece)

67 kg:

• Afif Ghait (Jordan)

• Said Oubaya (Morocco)

• Didar Amirali (Kazakhstan) and Vakhkhob Abdul Rashidov (Uzbekistan)

75 kg:

• Mamdouh Abdalla Abdelaziz (Egypt)

• Andrii Zaplitnyi (Ukraine)

• Suren Harutyunyan (Armenia) and Ernest Sharafutdinov (Russia)

84 kg:

• Youssef Badawi (Egypt)

• Hasan Arslan (Turkey)

• Mohammed Aljafari (Jordan) and Ivan Kvesic (Croatia)

+84 kg:

• Matteo Avanzini (Italy)

• Saleh Abazari (Iran)

• Sanad Soufyani (Saudi Arabia) and Ivan Kudinov (Belarus)

WOMEN

Kata:

• Lau Mo Grace (Hong Kong)

• Maho Ono (Japan)

• Terryana D’Onofrio (Italy) and Aya Hesham (Egypt)

50 kg:

• Gulshan Alimardanova (Uzbekistan)

• Shahmalarani Chandran (Malaysia)

• Sara Bahmanyar (Iran) and Yorgelis Salazar Camacho (Venezuela)

55 kg:

• Akhdam Youssef (Egypt)

• Nina Kvasnikova (Slovakia)

• Louiza Abouriche (Algeria) and Anzhelika Terliuga (Ukraine)

61 kg:

• Atousa Golshadnezhad (Iran)

• Li Gong (China)

• Wafa Mahjoub (Tunisia) and Assel Kanay (Kazakhstan)

68 kg:

• Thalya Sobme (France)

• Michelle Fonseca Romero (Puerto Rico)

• Anastasia Velozo (Chile) and Iryna Zaretska (Azerbaijan)

+68 kg:

• Johanna Kneer (Germany)

• Sofya Berultseva (Kazakhstan)

• Rochelle Walters (England) and Kiryaki Kidonaki (Greece)

The next individual Karate World Championships will take place in 2027 in Paris (France).