2008 European Karate Championships

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[]

Medallists[]

Men's competition[]

Individual[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Luca Valdesi		Vu Duc Minh Dack
Kumite –60 kg	Danil Domdjoni
Kumite –65 kg	Ömer Kemaloğlu
Kumite –70 kg		Rafael Aghayev	Serkan Yağcı
Kumite –75 kg			Luigi Busà
Kumite –80 kg		Slobodan Bitević	Enes Erkan
Kumite +80 kg	Jonathan Horne		Okay Arpa
Kumite Open	Rafael Aghayev	Yavuz Karamollaoğlu

Team[]

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

Women's competition[]

Individual[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata
Kumite –53 kg			Gülderen Çelik Serap Özçelik
Kumite –60 kg
Kumite +60 kg		Arnela Odžaković	Yıldız Aras
Kumite Open			Yıldız Aras

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[]

External links[]

• Karate Records – European Championship 2008