IPSC European Handgun Championship

Eric Grauffel at the 2007 European Handgun Championship, Cheval-Blanc, France.

The IPSC European Handgun Championship is an IPSC level 4 championship hosted every third year in Europe.

History[]

• 1979 Brussels, Belgium
• 1980 May Oslo, Norway^[1]
• 1981 Uppsala, Sweden
• 1982 Warminster, United Kingdom
• 1984 Paris, France
• 1985 Vienna, Austria
• 1987 October 13–17, Bisley, United Kingdom
• 1989 Reims, France
• 1992 Barcelona, Spain
• 1995 Gotland, Sweden
• 1998 September 4–13, Crete, Greece
• 2001 Philippsburg, Germany
• 2004 Tábor, Opařany, Czech Republic
• 2007 Cheval Blanc, France
• 2010 September 7–18, Belgrade, Serbia
• 2013 September 5–6, Barcelos, Portugal
• 2016 October 3–8, Felsőtárkány, Hungary
• 2019 September 9–13, Belgrade, Serbia^[2]

Champions[]

The following is a list of current and past IPSC European Handgun Champions.

Overall category[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1979					Brussels, Belgium
1980		Vidar Nakling	Bob Chittlebourgh	Terje Lund	Oslo, Norway
1981		Bob Dunkley	Vidar Nakling	Terje Lund	Uppsala, Sweden
1982		Bob Dunkley			Warminster, United Kingdom
1984		Bob Dunkley			Paris, France
1985					Vienna, Austria
1987		Marc Heim			Bisley, United Kingdom
1989		Jean-Claude Bouchut			Reims, France
1992		Flemming Pedersen			Barcelona, Spain
1995	Open	Angus Hobdell	Henning Wallgren	Dean Notley	Gotland, Sweden
1998	Open	Eric Grauffel	Angus Hobdell	Henning Wallgren	Crete, Greece
1998	Modified	Mario Riillo	Jeremy White	Diego Cruz Membrivez	Crete, Greece
1998	Standard	Marian Vysny	Esterino Magli	Valter Tranquilli	Crete, Greece
2001	Open	Eric Grauffel	Frank Witters	Christian Wilda	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Modified	Edoardo Buticchi	Juergen Flass	Georg Fabricius	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Standard	Marian Vysny	Juan Carlos Jaime	Adriano Ciro Santarcangel	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Production	Jan Knapp	Stefano Iacomini	Zdenko Meniar	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Revolver	Guenther Knaus	Markus Schneider	Siegfried Mayer	Philippsburg, Germany
2004	Open	Eric Grauffel	Martin Kamenicek	Jorge Ballesteros	Tabor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Modified	Edoardo Buticchi	Georg Fabricius	Juergen Flass	Tabor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Standard	Adriano Ciro Santareagelo	Ralf K.Jensen	Eduardo de Cobos	Tabor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Production	Adam Tyc	Petr Smutny	Ales Vondracek	Tabor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Revolver	Bjoern Dietrich	Markus Meichtry	Hermann Kirchweger	Tabor Oparany, Czech Republic
2007	Open	Eric Grauffel	Jorge Ballesteros	Saul Kirsch	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Modified	Zdenek Henes	Giuseppe Todaro	Juergen Flass	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Standard	Josef Rakusan	Julien Boit	Gregory Midgley	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Production	Adam Tyc	Marian Wysny	Vitaly Kryuchin	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Revolver	Igor Rosa Brusin	Marcus Meishtry	Andrea Todeschini	Cheval Blanc, France
2010	Open	Eric Grauffel	Jorge Ballesteros	Martin Kamenicek	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Modified	Zdenek Henes	Davide Cerrato	Roberto Vezzoli	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Standard	Juan Carlos Jaime	Ralf K. Jensen	György Batki	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Production	Eduardo de Cobos	Matti Manni	Ljubisa Momcilovic	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Revolver	Sascha Back	Markus Schneider	Hermann Kirchweger	Belgrade, Serbia
2013	Open	Jorge Ballesteros	Emile Obriot	Lars-Tony Skoog	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Standard	Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz	Petr Znamenacek	Cosimo Panetta	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Production	Eric Grauffel	Matti Manni	Ljubisa Momcilovic	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Classic	Edoardo Roberto Buticchi	Roberto Vezzoli	Marijan Loch	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Revolver	Gerald Reiter	Sascha Back	Hermann Kirchweger	Barcelos, Portugal
2016	Open	Jorge Ballesteros	Emile Obriot	Cosimo Panetta	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Standard	Eric Grauffel	Gregorio Tassone	Zdenek Liehne	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Production	Eduardo de Cobos	Robin Sebo	Ljubisa Momcilovic	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Classic	Gregory Midgley	Edoardo Buticchi	Robert Cernigoj	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Revolver	Gerald Reiter	Sascha Back	Kalle Halvarsson	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2019	Production	Eric Grauffel	Momčilović Ljubiša	Maria Gushchina	Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Production Optics	Martin Kameníček	Alexander Koussev	Andrej Hrnciarik	Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Open	Jorge Ballesteros	Robin Šebo	Emile Obriot	Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Classic	Robert Cernigoj	Julien Boit	Gregory Midgley	Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Revolver	Tom Kronawitter	Gerald Reiter	Henrik F. Nielsen	Belgrade, Serbia
2019	Standard	Josef Rakušan	Giacomo Bolzoni	Zdeněk Liehne	Belgrade, Serbia

Lady category[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1995	Open	Gabriele Glaser	Pilar Guijarro Benito	Elaine Berwick	Gotland, Sweden
1998	Open	Gabriele Glaser	Maria Pilar Guijarro Beni	Margit Steurer	Crete, Greece
1998	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Emanuela Tonello	Teresa Buontempo	Crete, Greece
2001	Open	Gabriele Kraushofer	Margit Steurer	Anita Klien	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Standard	Marina Kryuchin	Roberta Gardelli	Denise Salath	Philippsburg, Germany
2004	Open	Gabriele Kraushofer	Anita Klien	Margit Steurer	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Marketa Zarubova	Michaela Horejsi	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2007	Open	Gabriele Kraushofer	Lenka Horejsi	Margit Steurer	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Michaela Horejsi	Concepcion Perez Gil	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Production	Patrizia Giannella	Elisabeth Wiel	Valentina Poggiali	Cheval Blanc, France
2010	Open	Gabriele Kraushofer	Lorena Ballesteros	Lenka Horejsi	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Hilde Nakling	Helena Dlouha	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Production	Leatitia Daguenel	Mira Barinova	Maria Guschina	Belgrade, Serbia
2013	Open	Lorena Ballesteros Fernandez	Rakel Malanda Ruiz	Margit Steurer	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Standard	Petra Tutschke	Mira Barinova	Hilde Nakling	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Production	Maria Gushchina	Svetlana Nikolaeva	Christine Burkhalter	Barcelos, Portugal
2016	Open	Lenka Horejsi	Martina Šerá	Lorena Ballesteros	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Standard	Christine Burkhalter	Christa Hochholdinger	Norah Josephsen	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Production	Maria Gushchina	Margaux Nycz	Ilaria Giunchiglia	Felsőtárkány, Hungary

Junior category[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1992	Open	William Joly			Barcelona, Spain
1998	Open	Eric Grauffel	Frederic Loore	Denis Pantel	Crete, Greece
2001	Open	Martin Kamenicek	Jorge Ballesteros	Miroslav Havlíček	Philippsburg, Germany
2004	Open	Timo Kosiol	Emile Obriot	Maxmilian Wiegand	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Standard	Zdenek Liehne	Nemanja Savic	Constantin Materna	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2007	Open	Emile Obriot	Maximilian Wiegand	David Blaha	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Production	Zdenek Svehla	Dorian Casarosa	Andrej Hrnciarik	Cheval Blanc, France
2010	Open	Jessey Heller	Martina Šerá	Simo Partanen	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Production	Andrej Hrnciarik	Mathieu Lavergne	Ernest Nagy Jun.	Belgrade, Serbia
2013	Open	Simo Partanen	Daniil Karchev	Francois Belloni	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Standard	Kenneth Handberg	Sotirios-Thomas Zafeiridis	Mats Selven	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Production	Pavel Torgashov	Konstantin Kryuchin	Nikita Kryuchin	Barcelos, Portugal
2016	Standard	Danila Pakhomov	Ilya Sologub	Kirill Fedorov	Felsőtárkány, Hungary

Senior category[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
1995	Open	Albert Steinmueller			Gotland, Sweden
1998	Open	Jorma Kotkatvuori	Rudolf Heide	Marc Bouchoucha	Crete, Greece
1998	Standard	Max Wiegand	Horst Wittmann	Halvor Sponberg	Crete, Greece
2001	Open	Alain Tarrade	Stanislav Strizik	Philippe Gibert	Philippsburg, Germany
2001	Standard	Peter Kressibucher	Horst Wittmann	Werner Dahmen	Philippsburg, Germany
2004	Open	Antonio Garcia	Miroslav Kamenicek	Michael Auger	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Modified	Vaclav Martinek	Giovanni Furio Liberti	Thierry Faure	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Standard	Magli Esterino	Joel Gerard	Peter Kressibucher	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Production	Svetozar Slanina	Stefan Acs	Boris Medja	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2007	Open	Thierry Obriot	Mario Riillo	Franz Volk	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Modified	Vaclav Martinek	Gavino Mura	Giovanni Furio Liberti	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Standard	Esterino Magli	Alessandro Botticelli	Petr Kubacek	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Production	Nicola Rutigliano	Johannes Blazicek	Bob Dunkley	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Revolver	Dietmar Rauer	Lumir Safranek	Claudio Zambonin	Cheval Blanc, France
2010	Open	Juan Carlos Ballesteros	Miroslav Kamenicek	Adriano Parisi	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Modified	Antonio Garcia	Milos Sustr	Gavino Mura	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Standard	Esterino Magli	Frank Weuster	Gottfried Post	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Production	Peter Heller	Francesco Servodio	Evgeny Efimov	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Revolver	Hermann Kirchweger	Zdenek Nemecek	Dietmar Rauer	Belgrade, Serbia
2013	Open	Juan Carlos Ballesteros	Rinat Bektemirov	Giuseppe Todaro	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Standard	Esterino Magli	Salvatore Simula	Tullio Silvera	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Production	Stefan Ekstedt	Francesco Servodio	Peter Heller	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Classic	Joel Gerard	Michel Nestolat	Christian Breitler	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Revolver	Hermann Kirchweger	Zdenek Nemecek	Markus Schneider	Barcelos, Portugal
2016	Open	Jose Zanon Blasco	Johan Hansen	Paolo Ravizzini	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Standard	Adriano Santarcangelo	Gottfried Post	Paolo Paoletti	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Production	Stefan Ekstedt	Giovanni Zuccolo	Manuel Silva	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Classic	Edoardo Buticchi	Guido Ciccarelli	Michel Nestolat	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Revolver	Olof Lindskog	Markus Schneider	Tibor Ladic	Felsőtárkány, Hungary

Super Senior category[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2001	Open	Albert Steinmueller	Pertti Hillebrand	Helmut Ilc	Philippsburg, Germany
2004	Open	Ludmila Strizikova	Halvor Sponberg	K.B. Svendsen	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2004	Standard	Max Wiegand	Raymond Platéus	Dieter Laiss	Tábor Oparany, Czech Republic
2007	Open	Alain Tarrade	Anton Fuchs	Wolfgang Kugler	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Standard	Max Wiegand	Horst Wittmann	Raymond Platéus	Cheval Blanc, France
2007	Production	Kehir Holo Rawas	Teodoro Rios Marrero	Marko Jovanovic	Cheval Blanc, France
2010	Open	Philippe Gibert	Alain Tarrade	Rolf Lönn	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Standard	Peter Kressibucher	Max Wiegand	Enrique Fernandez	Belgrade, Serbia
2010	Production	Raymond Platéus	Zdenek Rataj	Andre Tasset	Belgrade, Serbia
2013	Open	Philippe Gibert	Antonio Garcia Infantes	Furio Liberti	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Standard	Peter Kressibucher	Markku Koistinen	Ronald Riedel	Barcelos, Portugal
2013	Production	Miroslav Kamenicek	Bob Dunkley	Raymond Platéus	Barcelos, Portugal
2016	Open	Ivano Bencivenni	Gavino Mura	Miroslav Kamenicek	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Standard	Esterino Magli	Alessandro Botticelli	Peter Kressibucher	Felsőtárkány, Hungary
2016	Production	Heribert Bettermann	Max Wiegand	Hannu Maunula	Felsőtárkány, Hungary

Teams[]

Overall teams[]

Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2001	Standard	Italy	Sweden 1539,3310 Lars-Tony Skoog, Robert Söderström, Dan Liljeström, Peter Sandgren	Spain	Philippsburg, Germany

See also[]

• IPSC European Rifle Championship
• IPSC European Shotgun Championship

External links[]

• Video: 2013 IPSC European Handgun Championship

References[]

• IPSC Continental Championships
• Match Results - 2004 IPSC European Handgun Championship
• Match Results - 2007 IPSC European Handgun Championship
• Match Results - 2010 IPSC European Handgun Championship
• Match Results - 2013 IPSC European Handgun Championship
• Match Results - 2016 IPSC European Handgun Championship