2008 European Karate Championships

The 2008 European Karate Championships, the 43rd edition, was held in the sports complex of Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia from May 2 to 4, 2008.[1] A total of 509 karateka, 329 male and 180 female athletes, from 42 countries participated at the event.[2]

Participating countries

Medallists

Men's competition

Individual

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kata Italy Luca Valdesi Italy Lucio Maurino France Vu Duc Minh Dack
United Kingdom Jonathan Mottram
Kumite -60 kg Croatia Danil Domdjoni Spain Davíd Luque Camacho Italy Michele Giuliani
Germany Alexander Heimann
Kumite -65 kg Turkey Ömer Kemaloğlu France William Rollé Austria Thomas Kaserer
Slovakia Peter Macko
Kumite -70 kg Spain Oscar Vázquez Martins Azerbaijan Rafael Aghayev Italy Nello Maestri
Turkey Serkan Yağcı
Kumite -75 kg Belgium Diego Davy Vandeschrick Greece Georgios Tzanos Italy Luigi Busà
Slovakia Klaudio Farmadín
Kumite -80 kg France Ludovic Cacheux Serbia Slobodan Bitevic Turkey Enes Erkan
Spain Ivan Leal Reglero
Kumite +80 kg Germany Jonathan Horne Italy Stefano Maniscalco Turkey Okay Arpa
Spain F. Martinez Guzman
Kumite Open Azerbaijan Rafael Aghayev Turkey Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Croatia Neven Martić
Netherlands Daniël Sabanovic

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kata  Italy  France  Germany
 Spain
Kumite  Spain  Russia  Germany
 Azerbaijan

Women's competition

Individual

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kata Croatia Mirna Šenjug Slovakia Kristína Grmanová Turkey Kübra Akarsu
Spain Almudena Muñoz Gonzales
Kumite -53 kg Germany Kora Knühmann Poland Anna Fajkowska Turkey Gülderen Çelik
Turkey Serap Özçelik
Kumite -60 kg Spain Carmen Vicente Cabanas Russia Maria Sobol Republic of Macedonia Iseni Ardita
Czech Republic Petra Peceková
Kumite +60 kg Switzerland Fanny Clavien Bosnia and Herzegovina Arnela Odžaković Turkey Yıldız Aras
Spain Cristina Feo Gomez
Kumite Open Slovakia Eva Medveďová Tulejová Bosnia and Herzegovina Merima Softić Turkey Yıldız Aras
Serbia Biljana Stojovic

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Kata  Spain  Croatia  France
 Serbia
Kumite  Spain  Italy  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Switzerland

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Spain 5 1 5 11
2  Italy 2 3 3 8
3  Croatia 2 1 1 4
4  Germany 2 0 3 5
5  France 1 2 2 5
6  Turkey 1 1 8 10
7  Slovakia 1 1 2 4
8  Azerbaijan 1 1 1 3
9   Switzerland 1 0 1 2
10  Belgium 1 0 0 1
11  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2 1 3
12  Russia 0 2 0 2
13  Serbia 0 1 2 3
14=  Greece 0 1 0 1
14=  Poland 0 1 0 1
16=  Austria 0 0 1 1
16=  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1
16=  Macedonia 0 0 1 1
16=  Netherlands 0 0 1 1
16=  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
Total 17 17 34 68

References

  1. "43 European Karate Championships" (PDF). Spartak. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  2. "43rd European Karate Championships-Results" (PDF). Karate Federation of Macedonia. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
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