# 2009 European Karate Championships

The 2009 European Karate Championships, the 44th edition, were held at the Dom Sportova in Zagreb, Croatia from 8 to 10 May 2009. A total of 479 competitors participated at the event.

## Participating countries

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Belarus
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

## Medallists
### Men's competition
#### Individual

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Luca Valdesi | Fernando San José | Vu Duc Minh Dack Lucio Maurino |
| Kumite –60 kg | Danil Domdjoni | Matías Gómez | Michele Giuliani İlyas Demir |
| Kumite –67 kg | Niyazi Aliyev | Dimitrios Triantafyllis | Thomas Kaserer William Rolle |
| Kumite –75 kg | Rafael Aghayev | Luigi Busà | Georgios Tzanos Serkan Yağcı |
| Kumite –84 kg | Timothy Petersen | Enes Erkan | Amal Atayev Salvatore Loria |
| Kumite +84 kg | Alexander Gerunov | Stefano Maniscalco | Enrico Höhne Okay Arpa |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi | Spain | Czech Republic France |
| Kumite | Turkey Yusuf Başer Müslüm Baştürk Zeki Demir Gökhan Gündüz Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin | Greece | Azerbaijan France |

### Women's competition
#### Individual

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Yaiza Martín | Petra Nová | Mirna Šenjug Sandy Scordo |
| Kumite –50 kg | Natalia García | Desiree Christiansen | Elena Ponomareva Gülderen Çelik |
| Kumite –55 kg | Jelena Kovačević | Natasa Ilievska | Gema Alías Stefania Sandu |
| Kumite –61 kg | Eva Tulejová-Medveďová | Natalie Williams | Mirsada Suljkanović Lolita Dona |
| Kumite –68 kg | Petra Volf | Tiffany Fanjat | Irene Colomar Vassiliki Panetsidou |
| Kumite +68 kg | Yıldız Aras | Evgeniya Podborodnikova | Ana-Marija Čelan Katie Hurry |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Spain | Germany | Croatia Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Samantha Piccolo |
| Kumite | Spain | Russia | Germany Hungary |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Croatia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Croatia (CRO)* | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |