1966 European Karate Championships

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1966 European Karate Championships
LocationFrance Paris, France
DatesMay 7 to 9
1967 →

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 Federation, 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
 France 		Guy Sauvin
 France
 Italy

 France
Team  France   Switzerland  Italy

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)2114
2  Switzerland (SUI)0101
3 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (3 nations)2226

References[]

  1. ^ Black Belt. February 1974. p. 40. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. jacques delcourt 1966 european karate.
  2. ^ Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ Resende, Antonio (Tone) (16 September 2013). Hajime. ISBN 9781483684420. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ^ Black Belt. February 1974. p. 40. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. jacques delcourt 1966 european karate.
  5. ^ Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. ^ Black Belt. October 1966. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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