Indonesian karateka (born 1998)
Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda (born 14 January 1998)[1] is an Indonesian karateka competing in the men's kata event. He won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 SEA Games held in Manila, Philippines.[2] He also won the gold medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2021 SEA Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Career
At the 2017 Asian Karate Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan, he won the silver medal in the men's kata event.[3] He repeated this at the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4]
In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's kata event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]
In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] In November 2021, he competed in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In December 2021, he won the silver medal in his event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[6][7]
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's individual kata event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[8] He won the silver medal in the men's individual kata event at the 2022 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 2023, he competed in the men's kata event at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.
Achievements
Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Rank |
Event
|
2015
|
World Championships Junior[9][10]
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
1st
|
Junior kata
|
2016
|
Asian Championships Junior[11]
|
Makassar, Indonesia
|
2nd
|
U21 kata
|
2017
|
Asian Championships
|
Astana, Kazakhstan
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
SEA Games
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
2018
|
Asian Games
|
Jakarta, Indonesia
|
3rd
|
Individual kata
|
Karate1 Series A[12]
|
Shanghai, China
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
2019
|
Asian Championships
|
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
SEA Games
|
Manila, Philippines
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
2021
|
Asian Championships
|
Almaty, Kazakhstan
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
2022
|
Southeast Asian Championships[13]
|
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
SEA Games
|
Hanoi, Vietnam
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
ASEAN University Games
|
Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
Islamic Solidarity Games
|
Konya, Turkey
|
3rd
|
Individual kata
|
Asian Championships
|
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
|
2nd
|
Individual kata
|
2023
|
Southeast Asian Championships[14]
|
Manila, Philippines
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
SEA Games
|
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
|
1st
|
Individual kata
|
References