2022 Kata World Championships Results
by Nicole Jomantas
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Fourteen members of Team USA competed at the Kata World Championships in Krakow, Poland on Tuesday and Wednesday with two pairs earning sixth-place finishes in their group.
2022 Kata World Championships Complete Results
Competing at their sixth straight Kata Worlds together, Lisa Capriotti (Charleston, S.C. / Aspire Judo) and Robert Gouthro (Charleston, S.C. / Aspire Judo) earned a 476.0 score in kime no kata, placing sixth in their group. The duo placed 11th in the preliminary round across the two groups with the top six overall advancing to the finals.
The husband and wife duo of Frederick Dagdagan (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo) and Lee Pasteris (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo) came into the Worlds after winning bronze at the Pan Am Championships in May. Dagdagan and Pasteris scored 368.0 in the preliminary round of the ju no kata, finishing sixth in their group and 16th across both groups.
Team USA fielded three pairs in the ju no kata event with Doug Tono (Skokie, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) and Caryn Tono (Skokie, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) scoring 337.5 and the duo of Lori Latimer (Upper Darby, Pa.) and Christine Levine (Philadelphia, Pa. / El Idrissi Judo Academy) scoring 333.5. The Kata Worlds finished a packed week of competition for Tono who won silver at the Veteran Worlds at the same venue last week.
Doug Newcomer (Denton, Texas / Denton Jr. Optimist Judo Club) and Ray Cox (Denton, Texas / Denton Jr. Optimist Judo Club) scored 373.5 in the katame no kata event, placing ninth in their group and 15th across both groups in just their second Kata World Championships together where Cox was one of the event’s youngest athletes at 23 years old.
Mary Wakabayashi (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Pamela Moye (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo) also competed in katame no kata, scoring 283.0 after Moye’s fifth-place finish at the Veteran World Championships on Sunday.
Bronze medalists in the kime no kata competition at the 2022 Pan Ams, Gerardo Tello (Miami, Fla. / A. Kolychkine Judo Foundation) and Sergio Suguieda (Miami, Fla. / A. Kolychkine Judo Foundation) competed in nage no kata in Krakow, scoring 364.5.
Nearly 250 athletes from 26 nations competed in the Kata World Championships which also included a U23 category for the first time. While European nations won 10 of the tournament’s 15 medals, Japan stood on top of the leaderboard with two gold medals and a silver. The Pan American region also reached the podium with a gold medal from Colombia and bronze from Canada.
Final scores for each event and U.S. results are as follows:
Nage No Kata Finals
1. Glatenferd Escobar and Miguel Bermudez (COL), 406.0
2. Yosuke Akasaka and Daisuke Wakana (JPN), 402.0
3. Antonio Marin Gomez Nieves and Eduardo Ayala Torrado (ESP), 402
4. Edwim Gomez and Gerardo Restrepo (COL), 400.5
5. Immo Schmidt and Hendrik Schmidt (GER), 398.5
6. Maik Van Der Hulst and Kevin Van Der Hulst (NED), 397.5
Also Competed: Gerardo Tello (Miami, Fla. / A. Kolychkine Judo Foundation) and Sergio Suguieda (Miami, Fla. / A. Kolychkine Judo Foundation) 364.5
Katame No Kata Finals
1. Tycho Van Der Werff and David Lefevere (NED), 405.5
2. Miriam Sikora and Christian Steinert (GER), 401.5
3. Shane Rooney and Xiao Kang Hu (CAN), 400.0
4. Nicolas FOurmaux and Jean Daniel Nguyen Van Loc (FRA), 400.0
5. Peter Goossens and Jelle Van Roosendaal (NED), 398.0
6. Eloy Carlos Rodriguez Matysek and Emmanuel Augeraud (FRA), 376.5
Also Competed: Doug Newcomer (Denton, Texas / Denton Jr. Optimist Judo Club) and Ray Cox (Denton, Texas / Denton Jr. Optimist Judo Club), 373.5
Mary Wakabayashi (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Pamela Moye (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo), 283.0
Ju No Kata Finals
1. Alina Zaharia and Alina Cheru (ROU), 409.0
2. Alessandro Nuzzi Herrero and Andrea Nuzzi Herrero (ESP), 408.5
3. Wolfgang Dax Romswinkel and Ursula Loosen (GER), 408.5
4. Mathieu Coulon and Carol Heras (FRA), 407.0
5. Laura Bugo and Barbara Bruni Cerchier (ITA), 403.0
6. Carlotta Franzina and Camilla Franzina (ITA), 395.0
Also Competed: Frederick Dagdagan (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo) and Lee Pasteris (Los Angeles, Calif. / Sawtelle Judo), 368.0
Doug Tono (Skokie, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) and Caryn Tono (Skokie, Ill. / Tohkon Judo), 337.5
Lori Latimer (Upper Darby, Pa.) and Christine Levine (Philadelphia, Pa. / El Idrissi Judo Academy), 333.5
Kime No Kata Finals
1. Yoshinori Sato and Fuminobu Shibazaki (JPN), 544.5
2. Gregory Marques and Stephane Bega (FRA), 531.0
3. Enrico Tommasi and Alberto Gainelli (ITA), 523.5
4. Miguel Angel Vicens Siquier and Antoni Vicens Siquier (ESP), 522.5
5. Mischa Fransen and Yoeri Fransen (NED), 522.0
6. Gregory Rieffel and Philippe Leger (FRA), 516.0
Also Competed: Lisa Capriotti (Charleston, S.C. / Aspire Judo) and Robert Gouthro (Charleston, S.C. / Aspire Judo), 476.0
Goshin Jutsu Finals
1. Koo Ikeda and Fumitaka Sakamaki (JPN), 568.5
2. Claude Jaume and Brice Benard (FRA), 544.5
3. Antoni Obradord Mas and Pedro Marcos Rodriguez (ESP), 541.5
4. Ubaldo Volpi and Nicola Ripandelli (ITA), 537.0
5. Juana Maria Puigserver Sanso and Llorenc Gaya Puiserver (ESP), 535.0
6. Yves Engelen and Dimitri Closset (BEL), 530.0
Nage No Kata U23 Finals
1. Victoria Kraska and Dylan Meddour (FRA), 401.5
2. Zacharie Pauchon and Al Pauchon (SUI), 398.5
3. Sonia Schacht and Bennett Brandes (GER), 393.5
4. Aleksandra Masternak and Patryk Urban (POL), 391.0
5. Julien Vincent and Hecto Vincent (FRA), 390.0
6. Matteo Fantozzi and Manuele Fantozzi (CAN), 366.5
Katame No Kata U23 Finals
1. Dylan Meddour and Victoria Kraska (FRA), 387.5
2. Kora Kojc and Kira Kojc (SLO), 383.5
3. Bernhard Tandean and Bjorn Tandean (AUS), 372.0
4. Daria Spyrka and Bandura Maksymilian (POL), 362.0