Antonio Díaz (karateka)
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Antonio José Díaz Fernández (born June 12, 1980)[1] is a Venezuelan karateka. He is best known for winning gold medals in kata at the World Championships in Serbia (2010)[citation needed] and France (2012),[2] winning of the World Games in Cali, Colombia (2013), and Duisburg, Germany (2015),[3] and a silver medal in the World Championships in Japan 2008. He won bronze medals at the WKF World Championships in karate in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2016 in the men's individual kata. He has also won 23 Pan American Karate Federation Senior Championships Medals 23 times to date.[4][5]
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Born | June 12, 1980 (1980-06-12) (age 43) Caracas, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He represented Venezuela at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's kata event.[6] Díaz obtained an Olympic diploma.[7]
Antonio Díaz holds the Guinness world record for the most medals won at World Karate Championships.[8]