title: 2016 European Karate Championships
text: # 2016 European Karate Championships
  
  The 2016 European Karate Championships, the 51st edition, was held at Montpellier in France from 5 to 8 May 2016. A total of 508 competitors from 46 countries participated at the event.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men's competition
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Damián Quintero | Vu Duc Minh Dack | Roman Heydarov Mattia Busato |
  | Kumite –60 kg | Matías Gómez | Aykut Kaya | Emil Pavlov Marko Antić |
  | Kumite –67 kg | Steven Da Costa | Gianluca De Vivo | Yves Martial Tadissi Jordan Thomas |
  | Kumite –75 kg | Rafael Aghayev | Erman Eltemur | René Smaal Logan Da Costa |
  | Kumite –84 kg | Uğur Aktaş | Meris Muhović | Noah Bitsch Georgios Tzanos |
  | Kumite +84 kg | Jonathan Horne | Stefano Maniscalco | Enes Erkan Salim Bendiab |
  
  **Team**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | France Lucas Jeannot Enzo Montarello Ahmed Zemouri | Spain José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar | Turkey Osman Evin Mehmet Yakan Firket Yılmaz Croatia Ivan Ermenc Damjan Padovan Tomislav Stolar |
  | Kumite | France Lonni Boulesnane Jessie Da Costa Logan Da Costa Steven Da Costa Marvin Garin Kenji Grillon Corentin Séguy | Turkey Uğur Aktaş Samet Develi Erman Eltemur Enes Erkan Gökhan Gündüz Rıdvan Kaptan Alparslan Yamanoğlu | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Dejan Cvrkota Danilo Jeknić Stefan Joksić Mihajlo Josipović Aleksandar Šestakov Bogdan Trikoš Portugal Miguel Diz Hélio Hernandez Nuno Mestre Nuno Moreira Hugo Pina Filipe Reis Tomás Silva |
  
  ### Women's competition
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Sandra Sánchez | Sandy Scordo | Dilara Bozan Viviana Bottaro |
  | Kumite –50 kg | Alexandra Recchia | Serap Özçelik | Jelena Milivojčević Mariya Koulinkovitich |
  | Kumite –55 kg | Sara Cardin | Anzhelika Terliuga | Büşra Tosun Cristina Ferrer |
  | Kumite –61 kg | Lucie Ignace | Merve Çoban | Ana Lenard Jovana Preković |
  | Kumite –68 kg | Elena Quirici | Alisa Buchinger | Sherilyn Wold Johanna Kneer |
  | Kumite +68 kg | Anne-Laure Florentin | Helena Kuusisto | Dragana Konjević Maša Martinović |
  
  **Team**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Spain Gema Morales Margarita Morata Paula Rodríguez | Germany Jasmin Bleul Christine Heinrich Sophie Wachter | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti Turkey Dilara Bozan Rabia Küsmüş Gizem Şahin |
  | Kumite | Azerbaijan Farida Abiyeva Nurana Aliyeva Ilaha Gasimova Irina Zaretska | Croatia Ana-Marija Bujas Čelan Ana Lenard Azra Saleš Ivona Tubić | Turkey Merve Çoban Serap Özçelik Büşra Tosun Büşra Şeyda Turan France Alizée Agier Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (France)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France (FRA)* | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
  | 2 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 3 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
  | 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
  | 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
  | 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
  
  ## Participating countries
  
  * Andorra (2)
  * Armenia (2)
  * Austria (15)
  * Azerbaijan (14)
  * Belarus (10)
  * Belgium (14)
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina (18)
  * Bulgaria (11)
  * Croatia (24)
  * Cyprus (2)
  * Czech Republic (5)
  * Denmark (15)
  * England (12)
  * Estonia (2)
  * Finland (8)
  * France (22)
  * Georgia (4)
  * Germany (18)
  * Greece (12)
  * Hungary (17)
  * Ireland (9)
  * Israel (6)
  * Italy (17)
  * Kosovo (6)
  * Latvia (2)
  * Luxembourg (5)
  * Macedonia (20)
  * Moldova (2)
  * Montenegro (9)
  * Netherlands (13)
  * Northern Ireland (1)
  * Norway (4)
  * Poland (16)
  * Portugal (16)
  * Romania (8)
  * Russia (17)
  * Scotland (3)
  * Serbia (24)
  * Slovakia (16)
  * Slovenia (12)
  * Spain (19)
  * Sweden (6)
  * Switzerland (9)
  * Turkey (21)
  * Ukraine (17)
  * Wales (3)
  