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Arlene Limas - in 1988, there were 16 gold medals in Taekwondo. Ten medals went to South Korea, 3 went to the United States, 2 went to Taiwan and 1 went to Denmark. Arlene Limas (welter weight) won her match on September 17, 1988. Her team mates Lynnette Love (heavy weight), Dana Hee (light weight), Jimmy Kim (heavyweight), also brought home gold medals.
In 1992, Herbert Perez (heavyweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA.
In 2000, Steven Lopez (lightweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA. This was the first gold medal awarded in taekwondo since it was made an official medal sport of the Olympics. Previous medal winners competed in taekwondo as a demonstrations sport.
In 2004, Steven Lopez (middleweight) brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA.
In 2008, no one brought home a gold medal for TeamUSA.
So, all together, TeamUSA has brought home seven gold medals.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y ago{| |- | Matsumura Sokon is one of the earliest recorded practitioners. The origins of karate are shrouded in mystery. The Chinese came to Okinawa and brought with them kung fu. It was combined with the native art of Te and became karate. |}
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∙ 8y agoI would take that you mean WKF champion. WKF tournaments are the highest sporting tournaments of Karate. But there are hundreds of Champions in each category. So, its difficult to name a single champion.
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∙ 13y agokarate has never been an olympic sport unfortunatly.
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∙ 12y agoTadahiro Nomura of Japan with 3 ... he won gold in men's extra-lightweight class (less than 60 kg) at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Games.
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∙ 11y agoI don't think you can pin the blame on that to any one person. There are many styles that continue to stay away from the idea of competing in karate as a sport.
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Who made Karate a sport?
It all started two years after Gichin Funakoshi died when the majority of his students, decided to have it as a competition. While Gichin Funakoshi was alive, he strictly forbade any of his students form entering competitions, but after he died, they simply ignored his wishes (most, not all). This led to a division within Shotokan into two styles, Shotokai, and the other one known as, well, Shotokan. Shotokain has made minor modifications, made the Kata more circular and flowing, however the techniques are all the same. Here's what I'm saying; the Shotokai did not discard or add any techniques, it simply took what Master Funakoshi taught, and made the movements circular and interconnected. Shotokan, on the other hand, took away many movements within several Kata to make it simpler. Tae Kwon Do, a Korean version of karate, was codified and laid out as a sport to allow it to become a part of the Olympics like Judo. Lets see what else; because the competitions drew massive crowds, Karate has remained a staple Japanese sport ever since, almost as big as Judo.
