| 2010 European Karate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Athens, Greece |
| Dates | 7–9 May |
| Competitors | 475 |
The 2010 European Karate Championships , the 45th edition, were held in Athens, Greece from 7 to 9 May 2010. A total of 475 competitors participated at the event. [1] [2] [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Luca Valdesi |  Fernando San José |  Vu Duc Minh Dack  Dejan Pajkić |
| Kumite –60 kg | Michele Giuliani |  Ilyas Demir |  Danil Domdjoni Konstantinos Sidiropoulos |
| Kumite –67 kg | Dimitrios Triantafyllis | Ciro Massa |  Adam Kovacs William Rolle |
| Kumite –75 kg |  Rafael Aghayev | Georgios Tzanos | Luigi Busà  René Smaal |
| Kumite –84 kg | Timothy Petersen |  Alen Kupusović |  Ognen Gruevski Salvatore Loria |
| Kumite +84 kg |  Jonathan Horne | Dejan Umičević | Stefano Maniscalco  Tomas Reich |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Mirna Šenjug | Sandy Scordo |  Barbora Bosnyáková Yaiza Martín |
| Kumite –50 kg | Evdoxia Kosmidou | Monika Višňovská | Betty Aquilina Gülderen Çelik |
| Kumite –55 kg | Sara Cardin | Jelena Kovačević |  Anna Fajkowska Serap Özçelik |
| Kumite –61 kg | Carmen Vicente | Laura Pasqua | Lolita Dona Mirsada Suljkanović |
| Kumite –68 kg | Vassiliki Panetsidou | Hafsa Şeyda Burucu | Tiffany Fanjat Silvia Sperner |
| Kumite +68 kg | Vanesca Nortan | Ana-Marija Čelan | Cristina Feo Radka Krejčová |
* Host nation (Greece)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Greece (GRE)* | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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