Azerbaijani athletes have won 13 medals at International Open Azerbaijan virtual karate tournament.

Famous Azerbaijani karate fighter Rafael Aghayev is planning to open a karate school.

Azerbaijan’s five-time World Champion Rafael Aghayev (-75 kg) has won Karate 1-Premier League held in Dubai in the last day of competitions.

Azerbaijani karateka, Grand Winner and current World champion Irina Zaretska (Female Kumite -68kg) has became a vice-champion of Karate1 Series A - Santiago 2020 tournament.

Azerbaijani athletes have won a gold and silver at Karate 1 Premier League tournament held in Madrid from November 29 to December 1.

Azerbaijani karatekas have set a record for the number of awards won in one competition.

Azerbaijani karateka Irina Zaretska (-68 kg) has won the tournament Karate 1 Premier League tournament, which was held on September 6-8 in Nippon Budokan, indoor arena located in Tokyo, Japan.

Karatekas of Azerbaijani under 21 national team Murad Hajizade (+84 kg) and Fidan Teymurova (50 kg) have become winners of World Karate Federation U21 Cup in Umag, Croatia.

Azerbaijani female karate fighter Irina Zaretskaya (68 kg) has won a silver medal at the WKF Karate1 Series A competition held in Istanbul.

"Diamond" of world karate Rafael Aghayev (75 kilograms) won the silver medal at the European Championships held in Guadalajara (Spain) last weekend.