2008 European Karate Championships

Karate competition

2008 European Karate Championships

Venue| Saku Suurhall
Location|  Tallinn, Estonia
Dates| 2–4 May
Competitors| 509 from 42 nations

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The 2008 European Karate Championships, the 43rd edition, were held at the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia from 2 May 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[edit]

* 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
* Macedonia
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Scotland
* Slovenia
* Serbia
* Switzerland
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

## Medallists[edit]

### Men's competition[edit]

#### Individual[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Kata |  Luca Valdesi |  Lucio Maurino |  Vu Duc Minh Dack

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Jonathan Mottram
Kumite –60 kg |  Danil Domdjoni |  Davíd Luque |  Michele Giuliani

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Alexander Heimann
Kumite –65 kg |  Ömer Kemaloğlu |  William Rollé |  Thomas Kaserer

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Peter Macko
Kumite –70 kg |  Óscar Vázquez |  Rafael Aghayev |  Nello Maestri

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Serkan Yağcı
Kumite –75 kg |  Diego Davy Vandeschrick |  Georgios Tzanos |  Luigi Busà

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Klaudio Farmadín
Kumite –80 kg |  Ludovic Cacheux |  Slobodan Bitević |  Enes Erkan

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Iván Leal
Kumite +80 kg |  Jonathan Horne |  Stefano Maniscalco |  Okay Arpa

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Francisco Martínez
Kumite Open |  Rafael Aghayev |  Yavuz Karamollaoğlu |  Neven Martić

* * *

Daniël Sabanovic

#### Team[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Kata |  Italy
Vincenzo Figuccio
Lucio Maurino
Luca Valdesi |  France |  Germany

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Spain
Kumite |  Spain |  Russia |  Germany

* * *

Azerbaijan

### Women's competition[edit]

#### Individual[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Kata |  Mirna Šenjug |  Kristína Grmanová |  Kübra Akarsu

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Almudena Muñoz
Kumite –53 kg |  Kora Knühmann |  Anna Fajkowska |  Gülderen Çelik

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Serap Özçelik
Kumite –60 kg |  Carmen Vicente |  Maria Sobol |  Iseni Ardita

* * *

Petra Peceková
Kumite +60 kg |  Fanny Clavien |  Arnela Odžaković |  Yıldız Aras

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Cristina Feo
Kumite Open |  Eva Medveďová Tulejová |  Merima Softić |  Yıldız Aras

* * *

Biljana Stojović

#### Team[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Kata |  Spain |  Croatia |  France

* * *

Serbia
Kumite |  Spain |  Italy |  Bosnia and Herzegovina

* * *

Switzerland
Jessica Cargill
Fanny Clavien
Yvonne Honauer
Diana Schwab

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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 entries)| 17| 17| 34| 68

## References[edit]

1. ^ "43 European Karate Championships" (PDF). Spartak. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
2. ^ "43rd European Karate Seniors Championships". ebilgi.karate.gov.tr. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

## External links[edit]

* Karate Records – European Championship 2008

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