Ilja Smorguner

Ilja Smorguner
Ilja Smorguner in 2014
Personal information
Born (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984 (age 40)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportKarate
EventIndividual kata
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Bremen Individual kata
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Linz Individual kata

Ilja Smorguner (born 24 June 1984)[1] is a German karateka. He is a two-time medalist in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships.[2][3]

Smorguner represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's kata event.[4]

Career

In 2017, Smorguner competed in the men's kata event at the World Games held in Wrocław, Poland.[5] He lost his matches in the elimination round and he did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. In 2018, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain.[6] In 2019, he lost his bronze medal match in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[7][8] In that year, he also competed in the men's individual kata event at the 2019 World Beach Games held in Doha, Qatar.[1]

In 2021, Smorguner competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] He did not qualify at this tournament but he qualified after reassignment of the last qualifying spots.[10] He finished in 4th place in his pool in the elimination round of the men's kata event and he did not advance to the next round.[4] In November 2021, he competed at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[11]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Rank Event
2014 World Championships Bremen, Germany 2nd Individual kata
2016 World Championships Linz, Austria 3rd Individual kata

References

  1. ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2019 World Beach Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ "2014 World Karate Championships Results" (PDF). sportdata.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ "2016 World Karate Championships Medalists" (PDF). Sportdata. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Karate Results" (PDF). 2017 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 World Karate Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (29 June 2019). "Spain take three golds on opening day of karate competition at Minsk 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Karate Medalists" (PDF). 2019 European Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. ^ "2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Last Olympians for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 confirmed". Around the Rings. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 World Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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