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]

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Estonia)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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
Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czech Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Great Britain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands| 0| 0| 1| 1
North Macedonia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 17| 17| 34| 68

## Medallists

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### Men's competition

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#### Individual

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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

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Daniël Sabanovic

#### Team

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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

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Azerbaijan

### Women's competition

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#### Individual

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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

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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

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Biljana Stojović

#### Team

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Kata |  Spain |  Croatia |  France

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Serbia
Kumite |  Spain |  Italy |  Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Switzerland
Jessica Cargill
Fanny Clavien
Yvonne Honauer
Diana Schwab

## Participating countries

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*  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

## References

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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

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* Karate Records – European Championship 2008

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