Azerbaijani Karateka Crowned At European Championship In Bulgaria
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Laman Ismayilova read more
Azerbaijani karateka Ulvi Mammadov (+84 kg) has been crowned at
the 13th European Shotokan Championships held in Bulgaria.
The holder of the second-degree black belt defeated all his
rivals at the 13th European Championship organized by the World and
European Shotokan Federation (WSF/ESF) in the Bulgarian city of
Kranevo, Azernews reports.
On the way to the final, he beat the Romanian, Georgian and the
Czech karate fighters.
Earlier, Ulvi Mammadov won bronze in team fights at the 25th
European Fudokan, silver medals at the 2021 WSF World Championship
and the 2022 Asian Karate Championships.
He also won the world champion title after the 12th World
Countries Shotokan Karate Championships.
Azerbaijani karate team is considered one of the strongest teams
in Europe and the World.
Founded in 1993, the National Karate Federation is a full member
of the World Karate Federation (WKF).
Over the past few years, national karate fighters have won
prestigious international tournaments, European and World
championships.
As for now, Azerbaijani karate fighters are getting ready for
the 2023 European Games to be held in Poland from June to 2
July.
The national team includes Eminagha Guliyev (60kg), Tural
Aghalarzada (67kg), Farid Aghayev (75kg), Asiman Gurbanli (+84kg)
as well as female karate fighters Fidan Teymurova (50kg), Madina
Sadigova (55kg), Irina Zaretska (68kg) and Farida Aliyeva
(+68kg).
Around 96 karate fighters from 20 countries will compete in
individual kata and kumite in five different weight categories.
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