U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships Results
The 16th U.S. Weight Championships
January 27, 2020 (Los Angeles)
Men Lightweight
1 Christian Buffaloe – Seaboard, NC
2 Omar Mohammed Alduaij – Kuwait
3 Kotaro Zushi – West LA, CA
Men Middleweight
1 Anton Torres – Torrance, CA
2 Blagovest Petkov – New York, NY
3 Maksim Osadchenko – Los Angeles, CA
Men Heavyweight
1 Yuji Ishikawa – New York, NY
2 Johnerick Sanchez – Orlando, FL
3 Mohammad Saleh Golrang – Canada
Men Super Heavyweight
1 Stanimir Kondov – New York, NY
2 Woo Cheol Roh – Torrance, CA
Women Light-Middleweight
1 Ludivine Vedapodagom – Reunion
2 Coraline Vedapodagom – Reunion
3 Rie Nakano – Los Angeles, CA
Best Technique: Christian Buffaloe – Seaboard, NC
Best Fighting Spirit: Ganbileg Gankhuyag – San Francisco, CA
The 15th U.S. Weight Championships
January 27, 2019 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Chrysat Allogho (Canada)
2 Salamat Demeuov (Kazakhstan)
3 Sergeii Galkin (Russia)
Middleweight
1 Luigi Scarcella (New York, NY)
2 Shosei Sugiura (Los Angeles, CA)
3 Monet Garrett (West LA, CA)
Heavyweight
1 Igor Lyashenko (Russia)
2 Sota Nakano (Torrance, CA)
3 Yuji Ishikawa (New York, NY)
Super Heavyweight
1 Taiga Yanagisawa (Los Angeles, CA)
2 Stanimir Kondov (New York, NY)
Best Technique: Chrysat Allogho (Canada)
Women
Lightweight
1 Rie Nakano (Los Angeles, CA)
2 Sarah Watanabe (Torrance, CA)
Middle-Heavyweight
1 Alice Benouattas (Los Angeles, CA)
2 Danessa Rodriguez (New York, NY)
3 Nancy Richards (Canada)
Best Fighting Spirit: Igor Lyashenko (Russia)
The 14th U.S. Weight Championships
January 28, 2018 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Shosei Sugiura (USA)
2 Chrysat Allogho (Canada)
Middleweight
1 Luigi Scarcella (USA)
2 Jiang Zhu (USA)
3 Tanner Nordin (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Chihiro Nakajima (Japan)
2 Sota Nakano (USA)
3 Robin Hussey (USA)
Super Heavyweight
1 Miguel Rodriguez (Colombia)
2 Taiga Yanagisawa (USA)
3 Stanimir Kondov (USA)
Women
Light-Middle
1 Ludivine Vedapodagom (Reunion)
2 Sabina Zhekova (Bulgaria)
3 Kaylene Albert (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Lizbeth Espino (USA)
2 Alice Benouattas (USA)
3 Roxanne Ritzke (USA)
The 13th U.S. Weight Championships
January 29, 2017 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Aleksandr Mikhailov (Russia)
2 Kirill Zubarev (Russia)
3 Ilias Astamirov (Russia)
Middleweight
1 Luigi Scarcella (USA)
2 Hoang Nguyen (USA)
3 Jiang Zhu (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Sota Nakano (USA)
2 Achemi Chikh – Canada
3 Brett Burris (USA)
Super Heavyweight
1 Goderzi Kapanadze (Russia)
2 Daniel Milicevic (USA)
3 Taiga Yanagisawa (USA)
Women
Lightweight
1 Iaroslavna Moreva (Russia)
2 Nozomi Kano (USA)
Middle-Heavyweight
1 Lizbeth Espino (USA)
2 Karine Corriveau (Canada)
3 Ekaterina Koroleva (Russia)
Best Technique: Lizbeth Espino (USA)
Best Fighting Spirit: Luigi Scarcella (USA)
The 12th U.S. Weight Championships
January 31, 2016 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Alim Iunusov (Russia)
2 Showta Moriyama (USA)
3 Grzegorz Kedzierski (Great Britain)
Middleweight
1 Sota Nakano (USA)
2 Enrique Mayers (USA)
3 N/A
Heavyweight
1 David Navoian (Russia)
2 Jahnmaine Christie (Great Britain)
3 Stanimir Kondov (USA)
Super Heavyweight
1 Taiga Yanagisawa (USA)
2 Ryan Powell (USA)
3 Seiichiro Fujimoto (USA)
Women
Light-Middleweight
1 Ksenia Ulitina (Russia)
2 Reena Prasad (New Zealand)
3 Danessa Rodriguez (USA)
Best Technique: Alim Iunusov (Russia)
Best Spirit: Reena Prasad (New Zealand)
The 11th U.S. Weight Championships
January 25, 2015 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Showta Moriyama (USA)
2 Kohtaro Zushi (USA)
3 Cruz Plata (USA)
Middleweight
1 Kashin Osawa (Japan)
2 Sota Nakano (USA)
3 Simon Deguire (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Mohamed Chikh (Canada)
2 Pasha Mykhaylov (Canada)
3 Marek Mroz (USA)
Super Heavyweight
1 Mark Berg (Canada)
2 Damian Kolano (USA)
3 Lucas McKinnon (New Zealand)
Women
Lightweight
1 Koto Hiraoka (Japan)
2 Reena Prasad (New Zealand)
3 Mariela Zarate (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Hitomi Endo (Japan)
2 Danessa Rodriguez (USA)
3 Te Rotuhina Te Aho (New Zealand)
The 10th U.S. Weight Championships
January 26, 2014 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Ashot Zarinyan (Russia)
2 Tomasz Pelczar (USA)
3 Enrique Rasheed Mayers (USA)
Middleweight
1 Reece Henderson (Australia)
2 David Tockar – (Australia)
3 Luigi Scarcella (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Tornike Kurtsikidze (Russia)
2 Anthony Tockar (Australia)
3 Damian Kolano USA
Super Heavyweight
1 Daniel Milicevic (USA)
2 Patryk Sypien (Poland)
3 Mark Berg (Canada)
Women
Lightweight
1 Mariela Zarate (USA)
2 Caroline Nadeau (Canada)
3 Daria Szefer (Poland)
Middleweight
1 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
2 Danessa Rodriguez (USA)
3 N/A
The 9th U.S. Weight Championships
January 26, 2013 (Los Angeles
Men
Lightweight
1 Alim Yunusov (Russia)
2 Aleksandr Mikhailov (Russia)
3 Kirill Zubarev (Russia)
Middleweight
1 Shohei Yamamoto (USA)
2 Mirel Iacob (Romania)
3 Skander Youssfi (Tunisia)
Heavyweight
1 Mohamed Chikh (Canada)
2 Evgenii Savin (Russia)
3 Nicolae Stoian (Romania)
Super Heavyweight
1 Daniel Milicevic (USA)
2 Matth Payne (Canada)
3 Mark Berg (Canada)
Women
Lightweight
1 Iaroslavna Moreva (Russia)
2 Miruyo Ito (USA)
3 Koto Hiraoka (USA)
Middleweight
1 Kseniia Zasorina (Russia)
2 Iulia Pinegina (Russia)
3 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Anna Kaczynska Youssfi (Poland)
2 Ekaterina Provkova (Russia)
3 Giorgiana Tiganes (Romania)
The 8th U.S. Weight Championships
January 22, 2012 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Kirill Zubarev (Russia)
2 Sithembiso Majozi (United Kingdom)
3 Piotr Jasica (USA)
Middleweight
1 Sota Nakano (USA)
2 Mirel Iacob (Romania)
3 Kiril Boev (Bulgaria)
Heavyweight
1 Darmen Sadvokasoz (Russia)
2 Nicolae Stoian (Romania)
3 Marek Mroz (USA)
Super Heavyweight
1 Daniel Milicevic (USA)
2 Mark Berg (Canada)
3 Seiichiro Fujimoto (USA)
Women
Lightweight
1 Miruyo Ito (USA)
2 Koto Hiraoka (USA)
3 Tomomi Inoue (Canada)
Middleweight
1 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
2 Akiko Cruz (USA)
3 Jaana Reynolds (USA)
The 7th U.S. Weight Championships
January 30, 2011 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Taison Naito (USA)
2 Piotr Jasica (USA)
3 Paeden Sakauov (Kazakhstan)
Middleweight
1 Mirel Iacob (Romania)
2 Michi Nagase (Canada)
3 Mauricio Alvarado (Costa Rica)
Heavyweight
1 Nicolae Stoian (Romania)
2 Krzysztof Galka (Poland)
3: Pasha Mykhaylov (Canada)
Super Heavyweight
1 Arkadiusz Szir (Poland)
2 Daniel Milicevic (USA)
3 Kris Erickson (Canada)
Women
Lightweight
1 Agnieszka Winek (Poland)
2 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
3 Miruyo Ito (USA)
The 6th U.S. Weight Championships
January 31, 2010 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Victor Teixeira (Netherland)
2 Kotaro Zushi (USA)
3 Adel Al-Tamimi (USA)
Middleweight
1 Sota Nakano (USA)
2 Michihiro Nagase (Canada)
3 Daniel Bukowy (Poland)
Heavyweight
1 Shohei Yamamoto (USA)
2 Demeautis Maxime (France)
3 Jordan Forget (Canada)
Super Heavyweight
1 Marcin Sieradzki (Poland)
2 Mark Berg (Canada)
3 Joe Nguyen (USA)
Women
Lightweight
1 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
2 Miruyo Ito (Japan)
3 Marta Lubos (Poland)
Middle-Heavyweight
1 Yuma Tasaki (Japan)
2 Anna Kaczynska (Poland)
3 Katarzyna Michalak (Poland)
The 5th U.S. Weight Championships
January 25, 2009 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Julien Marquette (Canada)
2 Nikola Kirov (Bulgaria)
3 Masashi Odate (USA)
Middleweight
1 Nicolae Stoian (Romania)
2 Stiliyan Petrov (Bulgaria)
3 Daniel Bukowy (Poland)
Heavyweight
1 Shohei Yamamoto (USA)
2 Jordan Forget (Canada)
3 Kiril Boev (Bulgaria)
Super Heavyweight
1 Marcin Sieradzki (USA)
2 Petar Martinov (Bulgaria)
3r Yordan Yanev (Bulgaria)
Women
Lightweight
1 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
2 Stanislava Boycheva (Bulgaria)
3 Miruyo Ito (Japan)
Middleweight
1 Nadezhda Petrova (Bulgaria)
2 Lisa Clarke (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Anna Kaczynska (Poland)
2 Esther Nathe (Canada)
3 Katarzyna Michalak (USA)
The 4th U.S. Weight Championships
January 27, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Aleksandar Petrov (Bulgaria)
2 Piotr Jasica (USA)
3 Nikola Kirov (Bulgaria)
Middleweight
1 Stiliyan Petrov (Bulgaria)
2 Mladen Banushev (Bulgaria)
3 Eddie Potter (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Masaru Sato (Japan)
2 Zensaku Munn (USA)
3 Victorr Potvin (Canada)
Super Heavyweight
1 Slawek Was (USA)
2 Petar Martinov (Bulgaria)
3 Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria)
Women
Lightweight
1 Aneliya Asenova (Bulgaria)
2 Carole Payre (China)
3 Ivelina Banusheva (Bulgaria)
Middleweight
1 Julie Lamarre (Canada)
2 Daniela Dineva (Bulgaria)
3 Julie Pecsi (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Danaila Cherneva (Bulgaria)
2 Nadezhda Petrova (Bulgaria)
3 Lindsey Heenan (Canada)
The 3rd U.S. Weight Championships
January 28, 2007 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Julio Del Valle (Costa Rica)
2 Michiaki Motegi (Japan)
3 Piotr Jasica (USA)
Middleweight
1 Damian Kolano (USA)
2 Tomasz Pelczar (USA)
3 Arnold Koh (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Zahari Damyanov (Bulgaria)
2 Shohei Yamamoto (USA)
3 Carlos Castro (Costa Rica)
Super Heavyweight
1 Slawek Was (USA)
2 Luis Diego Giralt (Costa Rica)
3 Daymon Miller (Canada)
Women
Light & Middleweight Kumite
1 Miruyo Ito (Japan)
2 Ewelina Czeremuga (USA)
3 Anna Lach (USA)
The 2nd U.S. Weight Championships
January 28, 2006 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Masa Nakao (USA)
2 Baldalip Thind (Canada)
3 I-SHing Wu (USA)
Middleweight
1 Masaharu Ito (USA)
2 Seiji Hori (USA)
3 Michihiro Nagase (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Johnny Le Blanc (Canada)
2 Katsuhiko Nakakuki (Japan)
3 Steven Cujic (Australia)
Superheavy weight
1 Marek Kosowski (Poland)
2 Michael Martinez (USA)
3 Slawomir Was
Women
Lightweight
1 Ewelina Czeremuga
2 Beata Tryc
3 Shell Bilyew
Heavyweight
1 Nadezhda Petrova
2 Lisa Clarke
The 1st U.S. Weight Championships
February 6, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Men
Lightweight
1 Tomofusa Yamakawa (Japan)
2 Tomasz Pelczar (USA)
3 Masa Nakao (USA)
Middleweight
1 Katsuhiko Nakakuki (USA)
2 Seiji Hori (USA)
3 Michihiro Nagase (Canada)
Heavyweight
1 Luis Diego Giralt (Costa Rica)
2 Slawomir Was (USA)
3 Stephane Parent (Canada)
Women
Lightweight
1 Jennifer Campoy (USA)
2 Anne Yalkabova (USA)
Heavyweight
1 Shayna Rimel (USA)
2 Dee Dee Rodriguez (USA)
3 Lisa Clarke (USA)
