Karate at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

The Karate competition
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
2005 Mediterranean Games
The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005, commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 July 2005, where 3,214 athletes from 21 countries participated...

was held in the Rafael Florido Sports Hall in Almería, Spain.

Men's competition

60 kg	Montassar Tabben	David Camacho	Şevket Baştürk Davy Dona
65 kg	Ciro Massa	Antonio Sánchez	Mehdi Alloune Hassib Kanoun
70 kg	Mohamed El Shemy	Oscar Martins	Giuseppe Di Domenico Koceila Hamadini
75 kg	Olivier Beaudry	Adnan Hadzic	Konstantinos Papadopoulos Yacine Gouri
80 kg	Ivan Reglero	Miloš Živković	Mohamed Hammouda Zeynel Çelik
+ 80 kg	Stefano Maniscalco	Almir Cecunjanin	Guzman Martinez Spyridon Margaritopoulos
Open	Stefano Maniscalco	Yann Baillon	Mohamed El Hamid Yusuf Başer Yusuf Başer Yusuf Başer is a Turkish karateka competing in the kumite open division. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..-Achievements:2007: European Championships - May 4, Bratislava SVK - kumite open...

Women's competition

50 kg	Heba Aly	Natalia Garcia	Vildan Doğan Vildan Doğan Vildan Doğan is a Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite -60 kg division. She is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K..-Achievements:2009: Meditrranean Games - June 25-July 5, Pescara ITA - kumite -61 kg... Vanessa Ruiz Vanessa Ruiz Vanessa Ruiz is an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia....
55 kg	Selene Guglielmi	Ilhem Eldjon	Estefania Garcia Teja Savor
60 kg	Snežana Pantić	Petra Narandja	Noelia Fernandez Rafika Dakhlaoui
65 kg	Arnela Odžaković Arnela Odžakovic Arnela Odžaković is a karate fighter and BiH sportswoman of the year 2007....	Gloria Rodriguez	Alexia Karypidou Gülcihan Ustaoğlu
+ 65 kg	Cristina Gomez	Yıldız Aras Yıldız Aras Yıldız Aras is a Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. Aras is member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Karate team...	Emmeline Mottet Greta Vitelli
Open	Yıldız Aras Yıldız Aras Yıldız Aras is a Turkish female karateka competing in the kumite +60 kg and open divisions. Aras is member of the Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü Karate team...	Gloria Rodriguez	Rafika Dakhlaoui Merima Softić

Medal table

1	4	0	2	6
2	2	6	3	11
3	2	0	1	3
4	1	2	0	3
5	1	1	5	7
6	1	1	4	6
7	1	1	1	3
8	1	0	4	5
9	0	1	2	3
10	0	1	0	1
11	0	0	3	3
12	0	0	1	1
Total	13	13	26	52

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