1966 European Karate Championships

1966 European Karate Championships
Location	Paris, France
Dates	May 7 to 9
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The 1966 European Karate Championships , the 1st edition, was held in Paris, France from May 7 to 9, 1966. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate Federation, which was at that stage an associated member of the Judo Federation. ^{[1] [2]} In 1963 he invited the six other known European federations (Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain) to come to France for the first-ever international karate event, and Great Britain and Belgium accepted the invitation. ^{[3] [1] [2] [4]}

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ippon	Patrick Baroux   France	Guy Sauvin   France	Franco Gerometta   Italy
			Alain Setrouk   France
Team	France	Switzerland	Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France  (FRA)	2	1	1	4
2	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	1	0	1
3	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

1. Black Belt. February 1974. p.  40 . Retrieved 8 November 2014– via Internet Archive. jacques delcourt 1966 european karate.
2. Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN   9781848003545 . Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. Resende, Antonio (Tone) (16 September 2013). Hajime. ISBN   9781483684420 . Retrieved 8 November 2014.
4. Black Belt. October 1966. Retrieved 30 November 2014.