Students from 37 universities competed in the kata and kumite categories at the Polish Academic Championships in karate held in Warsaw (6-7.05). The karate athletes from Lodz University of Technology showed their great form, achieving fantastic results - first places in the general classification and in the classification of technical universities.
Gold medals for TUL:
- Kinga Harast (IFE/OiZ) in the women's +68 kg individual kumite - the current EUG 2022 European Champion,
- Michał Bankowski (OiZ) in the men's individual kumite +84.kg,
- Bartosz Wojciechowski (BAIŚ) in men's individual kumite - 60 kg,
- Krzysztof Szewczyk (BINOŻ) in men's individual kumite -75 kg,
- men's team in kumite (Bartosz Wojciechowski, Krzysztof Szewczyk, Michał Bankowski, Jakub Dynda).
Bronze medals:
- Julia Komorowska (FTIMS) in the women's individual kumite -50 kg,
- Jakub Dynda (OiZ) in the men's individual kumite +84 kg,
- Michał Janczewski (BAiŚ) in men's individual kumite - 67 kg,
- women's kumite team (Lidia Pawlicka, Julia Komorowska, Kinga Harast),
- men's kumite team (Jarosław Kozioł (WTIMS), Michał Janczewski and Kacper Broś (WIPOŚ).
The 5th place was won by the men's kata team, and the 7th places went to: Lidia Pawlicka (WCh) in women's individual kumite -61 kg and Kacper Broś in men's individual kumite -75 kg.
Many thanks to the section coaches: Janusz Harast and Kinga Harast for the work they put into preparing for the competition, and I congratulate the whole team on their excellent starts and fantastic successes, which brought 10 medals to our university, said Dr Ewa Brochocka, Head of the Sports Centre at TUL.
