1976 European Karate Championships
european karate championship held tehran – may th championship series event organized european karate union soke farhad varasteh iranian karate teacher received letter world karate federation known world union karatedo organization wuko asking enter team year world championship would require obtaining letter iranian olympic committee stating team officially represented iran obtained letter brought team compete championship paris paris participated technical discussion karate future wuko created two year earlier delegate elected vice president wuko resulting greater influence iranian karate following year european leader accepted iran member european karate federation eventually european karate championship held tehran capital iran varasteh main organizer president iran karate federation thirteen country participated championship jacques delcourt president european international karate federation also present championship first offer several weight class individual event case total three britain billy higgins final men individual kumite kg british team led roy stanhope varastehs student gold medal one event silver medal two category iran farrokh moshfegh also bronze medal teammate morteza alborzi fourth place trophy given member shah mohammad reza pahlavi sister