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1185 competitors from 52 countries gave their best at the championship in BOK Arena 7-9th of February. Several medals and top ten positions went to the countries within the NKF. Congratulations!

U21 Kumite Female -68 Kg, Gold, Saelid Annika, Norway

U21 Kumite Male -75 Kg, Silver, Nielsen Christoffer, Denmark

Cadet Kumite Female 54+ Kg, Bronze , Zarei Lara, Sweden

Cadet Kumite Female 54+ Kg, Bronze, Lahi Genta, Denmark

Cadet Kumite Male -70 Kg, Bronze, Jermolaev Artjom, Latvia

Cadet Kumite Male -70 Kg, Bronze, Disle Gvidas, Lithuania

Junior Kumite Male -76 Kg, 5, Ephrem Kristensen Noah, Denmark

Junior Kumite Male 76+ Kg, 5, Baranov Albert, Estonia

U21 Kumite Male -60 Kg, 5, Jodelli Jimmy, Denmark

Cadet Kata Male, 7, Tran William, Sweden

Junior Kata Female, 7, Skalare Matilda, Sweden

Cadet Kumite Male -52 Kg, 7, Kashi Adiel, Finland

Junior Kumite Female -48 Kg, 7, Mihailova Aleksandra, Latvia

Junior Kumite Female -59 Kg, 7, Handelsby Nora Benedicte, Norway

Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg, 7, Muennoi Tatiana, Denmark

U21 Kumite Male -67 Kg, 7, Busk-Matthiasen Lucas, Denmark

Cadet Kata Female, 9, Skogstrom Hanna, Sweden

Cadet Kumite Male -63 Kg, 9, Vilkas Augustas, Lithuania

Junior Kumite Female -59 Kg, 9, Rosenlind Matilda, Sweden

U21 Kumite Female -55 Kg, 9, Skogland Mariam, Norway

U21 Kumite Male 84+ Kg, 9, Godthjaelp Petersen Christian Denmark 

Nordic Championships in Karate 2019, was held in Kolding, Denmark, on November 23rd 2019.

Due to special circumstances the NC 2019 was moved fråm Lithuania to Denmark with very short notice. The Danish organizing commission, lead by Merete Katborg, did an excellent job and the event was a great success.

238 athletes from all 8 countries competed for the honor of being Nordic Champions. Denmark placed as number one nation for the 8th year in a row. Also a NKF Congress took place. Congratulations to all the medalists and a big thank you to the organizers and the fantastic audience!

Results: https://www.sportdata.org/karate/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=4944&active_menu=calendar

Photos Kumite: https://www.facebook.com/pg/nordicchampionshipskarate/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2356595191318820

Photos Kata: https://www.facebook.com/pg/nordicchampionshipskarate/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2354352654876407

Due to unforseen circumstances the NC 2019 will change host country from Lithuania to Denmark.

The Nordic Championships will take place in Kolding, Denmark on November 23rd.
The competition is open for national team members from the 8 member countries within the Nordic Karate Federation.
In the bulletin you will find all the necessary information, please see invitation below.

Welcome to Denmark!

Six nordic athletes competed in the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus, the last weekend of June, with the impressive result of three medals.

Kalvis Kalnins from Latvia took the gold medal in kumite -60 and Finland and Estonia both fought their way to bronzes, through Titta Keinanen in kumite +68 and Pavel Artamonov in kumite -75.

The Nordic countries achieved a good result in the European karate Championships in Madrid 2019. The medals were won in the female categories, where Katrine Pedersen of Denmark got the bronze in kumite -68, as well as the Finnish Titina Keinanen in the category of kumite +68. The medals were alse very close in other categories, Norway had two matches for the third-place medals, where Norwegian Bettina Alstadsaether lost against Slovakia which meant a fifth place in the classification. The same result was accomplished by Norwegian Federico Lopez Salas Adrian, who lost by decision against the competitor of Montenegro.

Classifieds:
Male kumite +84 Ismail Bellemkhannate Norway.
Male kumite -60 Casper Lidegaard Denmark.
Female kumite -61 Anna-Johanna Nilsson Sweden.
Female kumite -50 Kristine Vica Latvia.
Female team kumite Norway.

RESULTS
DRAW RECORDS

Parakarate
Estonia had a great achievement through Monika Preem, who took the silver medal in the Blind / Visually impaired category.

RESULTS

The 2018 World Karate Championship concluded in Madrid (Spain) on Sunday 11th of November in a true celebration of sportsmanship and sports values. After six exciting days of Karate action, the historic tournament edition crowned the new kings and queens of the sport. The only medal of the Nordic countries was bronze, by Swedish Hana Antunovic, who achieved an outstanding result and got the long-awaited World Cup medal in Kumite +68.

Kalvis Kalnins , from Latvia, was close to another bronze medal, after making an excellent championship and qualifying for the third place match. He lost in a tight fight with the result of 4-5.

Annika Saelid of Norway made history and won the gold medal in Women’s Kumite +59 kg against Sakura Sawashima of Japan during day 12 of the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games 2018. Taking place at Oceania Pavilion in the Youth Olympic Park on October 18, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.