1966 European Karate Championships

1966 European Karate Championships
Host city France Paris, France
Dates May 7–9
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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, 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][4][5][6]

Medalists

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)2114
2  Switzerland (SUI)0101
3 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (3 nations)2226


References

  1. ↑ Black Belt. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Arriaza, Rafael. "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus. Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Hajime. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Black Belt. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Arriaza, Rafael. "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus. Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Black Belt. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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