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Yorgelis Salazar - biography

Yorgelis Salazar, born on November 10, 1997, is a Venezuelan karateka. She achieved notable success in international competitions. In the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States, Salazar secured the silver medal in the women's 50 kg event. Furthermore, at the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest,…

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Kiyou Shimizu is back on the winning path

photo: wkf Olympic runner-up Kiyou Shimizu of Japan has returned to competition after a six-month break. Kiyou Shimizu took part in the Karate1 Premier League in Fujairah - Dubai, where she won a gold medal and was better in the finals than her colleague from the national team Hikaru Ohno. photo: wkf She looked back a…

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Kiyou Shimizu - Biography

Kiyou Shimizu  born 7 December 1993 is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games…

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Rika Usami - Biography

Rika Usami  born February 20, 1986 is a Japanese practitioner of Shito-ryu Karate who is best known for her victory at the 2012 World Karate Championships. As of March 2021, Usami is coaching the karate team at Kokushikan University. She had said in an interview that she started karate when she was 10 years old by joi…

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Ryo Kiyuna - Biography

About Ryo Kiyuna Ryo Kiyuna born 12 July 1990 is a Japanese karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.He is also a three-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata…

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