🥋 15th Asian Karate Senior Championships 2018

The 15th Asian Karate Senior Championships 2018 was held in Amman, Jordan from July 11 to 15.

Our Southeast Asian athletes were among the 293 karatekas from 29 Asian countries that competed in this event. Indonesia with 14 athletes, Malaysia with 10, Philippines under APK2 with 4 athletes, Thailand 12 and Vietnam with 13 athletes.

Japan topped the medal tally board with 8 golds followed by Iran who clinched 4 gold medals.

Medal Tally for SEA Nations

• 8th Place | Vietnam | 3 Silver - 2 Bronze
• 9th Place | Malaysia | 3 Silver - 1 Bronze 
• 10th Place | Indonesia | 1 Silver - 4 Bronze
• 12th Place | Thailand | 3 Bronze

Below are the successful Southeast Asian Karatekas.

Female Kata

• Silver -  LEE CELINE XIN YI (Malaysia)
• Bronze - KAUTSAR MASTURA NAWAR (Indonesia)

Female Team Kata

• Silver - Malaysia
• Bronze - Vietnam 

Male Team Kata

• Silver - Malaysia  

Male Kumite -55 Kg

• Bronze - SELVAM PREM KUMAR (Malaysia)

Male Kumite -60 Kg

• Silver - NGUYEN VAN HAI (Vietnam)
• Bronze - SAWANGSRI SIRAVIT (Thailand) 

Male Kumite -75 Kg

• Bronze - FIRMANSAH SANDI (Indonesia)

Male Kumite 84+ Kg

• Bronze - KANGTONG TEERAWAT (Thailand)   

 
Female Kumite -55 Kg

• Silver - AGUNG SANISTYARANI COK ISTRI (Indonesia)
• Bronze - KHAMSI TIPPAWAN (Thailand)

Female Kumite -61 Kg

• Silver - THI NGOAN NGUYEN (Vietnam)
• Bronze - NURJANAH INTAN (Indonesia) 

Female Kumite -68 Kg

• Silver - THI THU HIEN HO (Vietnam)
• Bronze - GEORGIA ZEFANYA CEYCO (Indonesia)

Female Team Kumite

• Bronze - Vietnam