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

Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Belarus  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  England  Spain  Estonia

Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Israel  Italy  Latvia  Luxembourg  North Macedonia  Montenegro  Netherlands

Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Scotland  Slovenia  Serbia   Switzerland  Slovakia  Sweden  Turkey  Ukraine  Wales

Medallists

Men's competition

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Luca Valdesi	Lucio Maurino	Vu Duc Minh Dack Jonathan Mottram
Kumite -60 kg	Danil Domdjoni	Davíd Luque Camacho	Michele Giuliani Alexander Heimann
Kumite -65 kg	Ömer Kemaloğlu	William Rollé	Thomas Kaserer Peter Macko
Kumite -70 kg	Oscar Vázquez Martins	Rafael Aghayev	Nello Maestri Serkan Yağcı
Kumite -75 kg	Diego Davy Vandeschrick	Georgios Tzanos	Luigi Busà Klaudio Farmadín
Kumite -80 kg	Ludovic Cacheux	Slobodan Bitevic	Enes Erkan Ivan Leal Reglero
Kumite +80 kg	Jonathan Horne	Stefano Maniscalco	Okay Arpa F. Martinez Guzman
Kumite Open	Rafael Aghayev	Yavuz Karamollaoğlu	Neven Martić 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	Mirna Šenjug	Kristína Grmanová	Kübra Akarsu Almudena Muñoz Gonzales
Kumite -53 kg	Kora Knühmann	Anna Fajkowska	Gülderen Çelik Serap Özçelik
Kumite -60 kg	Carmen Vicente Cabanas	Maria Sobol	Iseni Ardita Petra Peceková
Kumite +60 kg	Fanny Clavien	Arnela Odžaković	Yıldız Aras Cristina Feo Gomez
Kumite Open	Eva Medveďová Tulejová	Merima Softić	Yıldız Aras 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 (ESP)	5	1	5	11
2	Italy (ITA)	2	3	3	8
3	Croatia (CRO)	2	1	1	4
4	Germany (GER)	2	0	3	5
5	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
6	Turkey (TUR)	1	1	8	10
7	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	2	4
8	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	1	1	3
9	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
10	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	2	1	3
12	Russia (RUS)	0	2	0	2
13	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	2	3
14	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
16	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	North Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		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.

• Karate Records - European Championship 2008