1966 European Karate Championships

1966 European Karate Championships

Host city	Paris, France
Dates	May 7–9
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The 1966 European Karate Championships, the 1st edition, was held in Paris, France from May 7 to 9, 1966. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which was at that stage an associated member of the Judo Federation.^[1][2] In 1963 he invited the six other known European federations (Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain) to come to France for the first-ever international karate event, and Great Britain and Belgium accepted the invitation.^[3][4][5][6]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ippon	Patrick Baroux  France	Guy Sauvin  France	Franco Gerometta  Italy
			Alain Setrouk  France
Team	France	Switzerland	Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	2	1	1	4
2	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
3	Italy	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

References

External links

• Karate Records - European Championship 1966

European Karate Championships
Paris 1966 London 1967 Paris 1968 London 1969 Hamburg 1970 Paris 1971 Brussels 1972 Valencia 1973 London 1974 Ostend 1975 Téhran 1976 Paris 1977 Geneva 1978 Helsinki 1979 Barcelona 1980 Venice 1981 Göthenborg 1982 Madrid 1983 Paris 1984 Oslo 1985 Madrid 1986 Glasgow 1987 Genoa 1988 Titograd 1989 Vienna 1990 Hannover 1991 Den Bosch 1992 Prague 1993 Birmingham 1994 Helsinki 1995 Paris 1996 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1997 Belgrade 1998 Euboea 1999 Istanbul 2000 Sofia 2001 Tallinn 2002 Bremen 2003 Moscow 2004 San Cristóbal de La Laguna 2005 Stavanger 2006 Bratislava 2007 Tallinn 2008 Zagreb 2009 Athens 2010 Zurich 2011 Tenerife 2012 Hungary 2013 Tampere 2014 Istanbul 2015 Montpellier 2016 Kocaeli 2017