| 1997 European Karate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Dates | May 2 to 4 |
The 1997 European Karate Championships was held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from 2-4 May 1997. [1] [2]
| 1997 European Karate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Dates | May 2 to 4 |
The 1997 European Karate Championships was held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from 2-4 May 1997. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Michael Milon | Javier Hernández Alonso |  Luca Valdesi |
| Kumite -60 kg | David Luque Camacho | Damien Dovy |  Veysel Bugur  Michal Šebesta |
| Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti |  Dave Versmissen |  Olli Ortiz Daniele Simmi |
| Kumite -70 kg |  Haldun Alagas |  Clement Stanovnik | Junior Lefevre  Goran Romić |
| Kumite -75 kg | Salvatore Loria |  Allan Busk | Michaël Braun  Fredrik Hulten |
| Kumite -80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu | Thomas Nitschmann | Seydina Balde  Wayne Otto |
| Kumite + 80 kg | Oscar Olivares |  Teodor Rajić |  Andrey Anikin Ian Cole |
| Open Kumite | Christophe Pinna | Seci Mecheri | Andreas Horn Junior Lefevre |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | France | Spain | Italy |
| Kumite | France | Italy | Germany England |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Roberta Sodero | Gema Mendez | Michelle Forstin |
| Kumite -53 kg | Jillian Toney | Marianna Laukova | Nicole Jacobs Sari Laine |
| Kumite -60 kg | Carmen Garcia | Nathalie Leroy | Chiara Stella Bux Tunde Kovacs |
| Kumite +60 kg | Nurhan Firat | Roberta Minet |  Elisabeth Fuchs Rosa Ortega |
| Kumite Open kg | Roberta Minet | Carmen Garcia | Corrine Terrine Nadine Ziemer |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Italy | Spain | France |
| Kumite | Spain | Italy | France Turkey |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | England (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 | |
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