WKF has announced the new Grand Winners

The World Karate Federation has confirmed the very Best of the Best karatekas for the past two years.

The 2020-2021 Karate 1-Premier League standings are now confirmed once that the final Karate 1-Premier League event of the year concluded this past weekend in Moscow (Russia).

Olympic medallists Sandra Sanchez, Luigi Busa, Anzhelika Terliuga, Feryal Abdelaziz, and Damian Quintero are among the new Grand Winners. This is the full list of the 2020-2021 Grand Winners:

FEMALE KATA:
Sandra Sanchez (ESP)
MALE KATA:
Damian Quintero (ESP)
FEMALE KUMITE -50KG:
Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR)
MALE KUMITE -60KG:
Angelo Crescenzo (ITA)
FEMALE KUMITE -55GK:
Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)
MALE KUMITE -67KG:
Ali Elsawy (EGY)
FEMALE KUMITE -61KG:
Merve Coban (TUR)
MALE KUMITE -75KG:
Luigi Busa (ITA)
FEMALE KUMITE -68KG:
Feryal Abdelaziz (EGY)
MALE KUMITE -84KG:
Zabiollah Poorshab (IRI)
FEMALE KUMITE +68KG:
Meltem Hocaoglu Akyol (TUR)
MALE KUMITE +84KG:
Gogita Arkania (GEO)

The new Grand Winners are bestowed with the right to wear the karategi with the golden embroidery at all the Karate 1-Premier League events next year.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the seasons of 2020 and 2021 were merged, so the new Grand Winners are the top competitors after all the seven events of the two years.

The proclamation of the 2021 Grand Winners will be held in the first Karate 1-Premier League of the 2022 season.

Source: www.wkf.net

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