| 2012 European Karate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Adeje, Spain |
| Dates | 10–13 May |
| Competitors | 450 from 45 nations |
The 2012 European Karate Championships , the 47th edition, were held in Adeje, Tenerife, Spain from 10 to 13 May 2012. A total of 450 competitors from 45 countries participated at the event. [1] [2] [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Luca Valdesi | Fernando San José |  Jonathan Mottram  Vu Duc Minh Dack |
| Kumite –60 kg | Matías Gómez |  Kalvis Kalniņš |  Danil Domdjoni  Alexander Heimann |
| Kumite –67 kg | William Rolle |  Ömer Kemaloğlu |  Niyazi Aliyev Ciro Massa |
| Kumite –75 kg | Luigi Busà |  René Smaal | Noah Bitsch Rafael Aghayev |
| Kumite –84 kg |  Georgios Tzanos | Aykhan Mamayev | Kenji Grillon  Slobodan Bitević |
| Kumite +84 kg | Jonathan Horne | Stefano Maniscalco | Dejan Umićević Enes Erkan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Yaiza Martín | Sandy Scordo | Marija Madžarević Sofia Marika Livitsanou |
| Kumite –50 kg | Serap Özçelik |  Lucia Kováčiková | Alexandra Recchia  Gulsah Akdag |
| Kumite –55 kg | Jelena Kovačević | Jana Bitsch | Lucie Ignace Jana Vojtikevičová |
| Kumite –61 kg | Lolita Dona |  Anita Serogina | Ivana Bebek Ece Yaşar |
| Kumite –68 kg | Hafsa Şeyda Burucu | Tiffany Fanjat |  Marina Raković  Inga Sherozia |
| Kumite +68 kg | Greta Vitelli |  Radka Krejčová | Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Meltem Hocaoğlu |
* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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