TOP STORIES He competes in karate. He fell in quarter finals against the German Ilja Smorguner. [1] He is best known for winning gold medals in kata at the World Championships in Serbia (2010)[2] and France (2012),[3] winning of the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013), and Duisburg, Germany (2015),[4] and a silver medal in the World Championships in Japan 2008. He has encountered Diaz 6 times; Diaz won five of these occasions. 喜友名 諒（きゆな りょう、1990年 7月12日 - ）は、日本の空手家。 沖縄県出身。 劉衛流龍鳳会（りゅうえいりゅう りゅうほうかい）所属 。 興南高等学校、沖縄国際大学卒業 。. Reply. He won the world title in 2014 and became a 10-time European champion, an unprecedented feat for Spanish karate. If it goes back to the way it was before, probably people again will have to start splitting time between practice and study and work if they want to keep competing at a high level.”. The two have dueled several times in recent years, with Kiyuna beating … Hyperpartisan politics leaves America vulnerable to Russia and adversaries, Trump correctly seizes opportunity to nominate Supreme Court justice, Ginsburg’s death punctures Biden’s carefully crafted ‘Seinfeld’ campaign. First up is karate sensation Ryo Kiyuna. His last victories are the Moscow 2019 in men's kata and the Tokyo 2019 in men's kata. Click to Read More All at the same time. Ryo Kiyuna and Kiyou Shimizu guided Japan to a demonstration of first-class Karate at the Karate 1-Premier League in Paris. He reached the third place in Medellin 1997. Diaz's first achievement was reaching gold at the 5th Young Pan American Karate Do Championship back in 1993 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. [24], Díaz is the only athlete that has been in the podium eight times in a row at the World Karate Championships. MADRID (AP) - More than five years ago, one of Spain’s most successful karate athletes was splitting his time between practice, graduate school and his day job as an aeronautical engineer. Monterrey 2004 was his second bronze medal after two repechage rounds. 1 spot in the world rankings. He encountered at first round Mattia Busato, who was the European champion at that time. The victory also put him at the top of the separate Olympic rankings, a position Kiyuna had held. He has encountered Diaz 6 times; Diaz won five of these occasions. Quiz: Can you name the actors who played these 1980s TV characters? © Copyright Info Média Conseil 2007-2020 - All rights reserved, Karate1 Premier League - Dubai - Men's Kata, Karate1 Premier League - Rabat - Men's Kata, Karate1 Premier League - Shanghai - Men's Kata, Karate1 Premier League - Tokyo - Men's Kata, Karate1 Premier League - Moscow - Men's Kata, © Info Média Conseil : 419 Rue Lemelin, St-François QC G0A3S0, Canada. 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[16][17], He won the two first staging of the Premier League Karate1 in 2011 and 2012. “Now karate is my job, I have a sponsor, I get help from the Spanish Olympic Committee and the government. I looked like a walking cadaver.”. He has also won 23 Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships Medals 23 times to date. The Spaniard has won more than 70 international medals in his career, with nearly half of them gold. The 2016 World Karate Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Linz, Austria from October 25 to October 30, 2016. He also reached the second place in the 1996 staging held in Margarita Island, Venezuela, and in 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. French karatekas and Grand Winners also took the spotlight of the first event of the international season, while upcoming athletes delighted enthusiasts of the sport with surprising victories over the top favourites. That makes me even more excited about going there and doing well,” Quintero said. The sport was not originally selected by French organizers, though the final decision by the International Olympic Committee isn’t expected until December.