Karate at the European Games

Karate has been a European Games sport since the inaugural edition.

Editions

Games Year Events Best Nation
I 2015 12  Azerbaijan
II 2019 12  Spain
III 2023 12  Ukraine

Venues

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue Capacity Ref.
2015 Baku Crystal Hall Fencing, taekwondo 2,000 [1]
2019 Minsk Chizhovka-Arena Judo 8,800
2023 Kraków-Małopolska Dębowiec Sports Arena (Bielsko-Biała) – 4,500
2027 Istanbul

Events

Event 15 19 23 Years
Men's individual kata X X X 3
Men's kumite 60 kg X X X 3
Men's kumite 67 kg X X X 3
Men's kumite 75 kg X X X 3
Men's kumite 84 kg X X X 3
Men's kumite +84 kg X X X 3
Women's individual kata X X X 3
Women's kumite 50 kg X X X 3
Women's kumite 55 kg X X X 3
Women's kumite 61 kg X X X 3
Women's kumite 68 kg X X X 3
Women's kumite +68 kg X X X 3

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Azerbaijan (AZE)73414
2 Spain (ESP)7018
3 Turkey (TUR)471021
4 Ukraine (UKR)4239
5 Croatia (CRO)3216
6 Italy (ITA)27716
7 France (FRA)2349
8 Austria (AUT)2204
9 Germany (GER)2125
10 Bulgaria (BUL)1102
11 Albania (ALB)1001
 Latvia (LAT)1001
13 Greece (GRE)0336
14 Switzerland (SUI)0123
15 Montenegro (MNE)0112
16 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Slovenia (SLO)0101
18 Belarus (BLR)0022
 Georgia (GEO)0022
 Hungary (HUN)0022
 Luxembourg (LUX)0022
 North Macedonia (MKD)0022
 Poland (POL)0022
 Portugal (POR)0022
 Russia (RUS)0022
26 Armenia (ARM)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Cyprus (CYP)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (31 entries)363560131

Medalists

Men's

Individual kata

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Damián Quintero
 Spain 		Mattia Busato
 Italy 		Mehmet Yakan
 Turkey
2019 Minsk
details 		Damián Quintero
 Spain 		Ali Sofuoğlu
 Turkey 		Roman Heydarov
 Azerbaijan
Mattia Busato
 Italy
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Damián Quintero
 Spain 		Ali Sofuoğlu
 Turkey 		Yuki Ujihara
 Switzerland
Mattia Busato
 Italy

Kumite 60 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Firdovsi Farzaliyev
 Azerbaijan 		Luca Maresca
 Italy 		Emil Pavlov
 Macedonia
2019 Minsk
details 		Kalvis Kalniņš
 Latvia 		Firdovsi Farzaliyev
 Azerbaijan 		Angelo Crescenzo
 Italy
Evgeny Plakhutin
 Russia
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Eray Şamdan
 Turkey 		Christos-Stefanos Xenos
 Greece 		Angelo Crescenzo
 Italy
Nikita Filipov
 Ukraine

Kumite 67 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Burak Uygur
 Turkey 		Steven Da Costa
 France 		Niyazi Aliyev
 Azerbaijan
2019 Minsk
details 		Luca Maresca
 Italy 		Mario Hodžić
 Montenegro 		Artsiom Krautsou
 Belarus
Yves Martial Tadissi
 Hungary
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Tural Aghalarzade
 Azerbaijan 		Dionysios Xenos
 Greece 		Ştefan Comănescu
 Romania
Miłosz Sabiecki
 Poland

Kumite 75 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Rafael Aghayev
 Azerbaijan 		Luigi Busà
 Italy 		Erman Eltemur
 Turkey
2019 Minsk
details 		Stanislav Horuna
 Ukraine 		Rafael Aghayev
 Azerbaijan 		Pavel Artamonov
 Estonia
Gábor Hárspataki
 Hungary
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Andrii Zaplitnyi
 Ukraine 		Daniele De Vivo
 Italy 		Erman Eltemur
 Turkey
Quentin Mahauden
 Belgium

Kumite 84 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Aykhan Mamayev
 Azerbaijan 		Michail Georgos Tzanos
 Greece 		Uğur Aktaş
 Turkey
2019 Minsk
details 		Ivan Kvesić
 Croatia 		Uğur Aktaş
 Turkey 		Michele Martina
 Italy
Valerii Chobotar
 Ukraine
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Alvin Karaqi
 Albania 		Brian Timmermans
 Netherlands 		Michał Bąbos
 Poland
Michele Martina
 Italy

Kumite +84 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Enes Erkan
 Turkey 		Jonathan Horne
 Germany 		Martin Nestorovski
 Macedonia
2019 Minsk
details 		Asiman Gurbanli
 Azerbaijan 		Anđelo Kvesić
 Croatia 		Gogita Arkania
 Georgia
Jonathan Horne
 Germany
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Anđelo Kvesić
 Croatia 		Not awarded[a] Asiman Gurbanli
 Azerbaijan
Gogita Arkania
 Georgia

Women's

Individual kata

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Sandra Sánchez
 Spain 		Sandy Scordo
 France 		Dilara Bozan
 Turkey
2019 Minsk
details 		Sandra Sánchez
 Spain 		Viviana Bottaro
 Italy 		Patrícia Esparteiro
 Portugal
Dilara Bozan
 Turkey
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Paola García
 Spain 		Helvétia Taily
 France 		Georgina Xenou
 Greece
Ana Cruz
 Portugal

Kumite 50 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Serap Özçelik
 Turkey 		Bettina Plank
 Austria 		Alexandra Recchia
 France
2019 Minsk
details 		Bettina Plank
 Austria 		Serap Özçelik
 Turkey 		Mariya Koulinkovitch
 Belarus
Sophia Bouderbane
 France
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Bettina Plank
 Austria 		Erminia Perfetto
 Italy 		Irene Kontou
 Cyprus
Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu
 Turkey

Kumite 55 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Emily Thouy
 France 		Jelena Kovačević
 Croatia 		Ilaha Qasimova
 Azerbaijan
2019 Minsk
details 		Ivet Goranova
 Bulgaria 		Anzhelika Terliuga
 Ukraine 		Jana Bitsch
 Germany
Jennifer Warling
 Luxembourg
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Anzhelika Terliuga
 Ukraine 		Ivet Goranova
 Bulgaria 		Jennifer Warling
 Luxembourg
Tuba Yakan
 Turkey

Kumite 61 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Lucie Ignace
 France 		Merve Çoban
 Turkey 		Ana Lenard
 Croatia
2019 Minsk
details 		Anita Serogina
 Ukraine 		Tjaša Ristić
 Slovenia 		Gwendoline Philippe
 France
Merve Çoban
 Turkey
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Reem Khamis
 Germany 		Anita Serogina
 Ukraine 		Alessandra Mangiacapra
 Italy
Gülbahar Gözütok
 Turkey

Kumite 68 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Irina Zaretska
 Azerbaijan 		Alisa Buchinger
 Austria 		Marina Raković
 Montenegro
2019 Minsk
details 		Silvia Semeraro
 Italy 		Irina Zaretska
 Azerbaijan 		Elena Quirici
 Switzerland
Halyna Melnyk
 Ukraine
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Irina Zaretska
 Azerbaijan 		Elena Quirici
 Switzerland 		Anita Makyan
 Armenia
Alizée Agier
 France

Kumite +68 kg

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2015 Baku
details 		Maša Martinović
 Croatia 		Meltem Hocaoğlu
 Turkey 		Ivanna Zaytseva
 Russia
2019 Minsk
details 		Laura Palacio
 Spain 		Meltem Hocaoğlu
 Turkey 		Titta Keinänen
 Finland
Eleni Chatziliadou
 Greece
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
details 		Johanna Kneer
 Germany 		Clio Ferracuti
 Italy 		Kyriaki Kydonaki
 Greece
María Torres
 Spain

Participating nations

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Monaco and San Marino have yet to qualify for the competition in karate.

Nation 15 19 23 Years
 Andorra (AND) 1 1
 Albania (ALB) 1 1 2
 Armenia (ARM) 1 1
 Austria (AUT) 2 2 1 3
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 12 7 8 3
 Belarus (BLR) 1 12 2
 Belgium (BEL) 1 1 1 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 1
 Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1 1 3
 Croatia (CRO) 6 2 3 3
 Cyprus (CYP) 1 1 2
 Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 1 3
 Denmark (DEN) 1 1 1 3
 Estonia (EST) 1 1
 Finland (FIN) 2 1 1 3
 France (FRA) 10 7 3 3
 Georgia (GEO) 1 1 2 3
 Germany (GER) 5 6 5 3
 Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 2
 Greece (GRE) 3 1 6 3
 Hungary (HUN) 1 2 2 3
 Iceland (ISL) 1 1
 Ireland (IRL) 1 1
 Israel (ISR) 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 4 6 9 3
 Kosovo (KOS) 1 2 2
 Latvia (LAT) 1 1 2
 Luxembourg (LUX) 1 1 1 3
 Montenegro (MNE) 1 2 1 3
 Netherlands (NED) 1 1 2 3
 North Macedonia (MKD) 2 1 1 3
 Norway (NOR) 1 1 2
 Poland (POL) 1 1 12 3
 Portugal (POR) 1 1 2 3
 Romania (ROM) 1 1 1 3
 Russia (RUS) 2 1 2
 Serbia (SRB) 3 3 2
 Slovakia (SVK) 1 1 1 3
 Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 2
 Spain (ESP) 7 4 5 3
 Sweden (SWE) 1 1 1 3
 Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 3 3
 Turkey (TUR) 11 11 9 3
 Ukraine (UKR) 3 6 7 3
Total countries 38 37 33 44
Total athletes 96 96 96
Year 15 19 23

References

  1. ^ "Baku Sports Hall". Inside the Games. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Karate – Official communication – Men's kumite +84kg" (PDF). results.european-games.org. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Great fans, brave athletes, wonderful atmosphere. The end of the karate competition". european-games.org. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.