| Host city |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 27–30 |
The 2001 European Karate Championships , the 36th edition, were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from May 11 to 13, 2001. [1]
| Host city | Sofia, Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| Dates | November 27–30 |
The 2001 European Karate Championships , the 36th edition, were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from May 11 to 13, 2001. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Luca Valdesi | Lucio Maurino |  Joël Carpin  Javier Hernandez Alonso |
| Kumite -60 kg | Davíd Luque Camacho |  Milo Hodge |  Predrag Bajic  Michal Sebesta |
| Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti |  Bahattin Kandaz | Jason Ledgister Angel Ramiro Molina |
| Kumite -70 kg | Oscar Vázquez Martins |  Anthony Boelbaai |  Junior Lefevre Haldun Alagas |
| Kumite -75 kg | Genmaro Talarico |  Adnan Hadzic | Olivier Beaudry Iván Leal Reglero |
| Kumite -80 kg | Tomas Herrero Barcelo | Daniël Sabanovic | Yann Baillon Salvatore Loria |
| Kumite +80 kg | Seydina Balde | Leon Walters | Davide Benetello Stefano Maniscalco |
| Kumite Open | David Felix | Daniël Sabanovics |  Konstantinos Papadopoulos Predrag Stojadinov |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Spain | Italy | France Turkey |
| Kumite | France | Spain | England Italy |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Myriam Szkudlarek |  Petra Nova | Miriam Cogolludo de la Herras  Marié Niino |
| Kumite -53 kg | Estefania Garcia Romo | Nadia Mecheri |  Stefania Sandu Vanessa Ruiz |
| Kumite -60 kg | Nathalie LeRoy | Leyla Coskun | Nicole Jacobs Petra Piskscova |
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer | Gloria Casanova Rodreiguez | Tania Weekes Sara Grbic |
| Kumite Open | Nadine Ziemer |  Tessy Scholtes | Cristina Feo Gomez Vanian Vrhovec |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Spain | Italy | Germany Monja Kimmich Schahrzad Mansouri Claudia Völk France |
| Kumite | Turkey | England | Spain France |
| Nazione | O | A | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| France | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Turkey | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| England | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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