# 2012 European Karate Championships

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.

## Medalists
### Men's competition
#### Individual

| 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 |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi | Spain Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar Fernando San José | France Romain Lacoste Jonathan Maruani Jonathan Plagnol Turkey Arslan Çalışkan Orçun Duman Ali Sofuoğlu |
| Kumite | Germany Andreas Bachmann Noah Bitsch Mehmet Bolat Oliver Henning Jonathan Horne Heinrich Leistenschneider Nikoloz Tsurtsumia | Turkey Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Mustafa Utku Şahin Yaser Şahintekin Aykut Usda Serkan Yağcı | Azerbaijan Rafael Aghayev Tural Alakbarli Niyazi Aliyev Sanan Aliyev Shahin Atamov Asiman Gurbanli Aykhan Mamayev Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Adilović Alem Kupusović Oliver Mandarić Mate Odak Nermin Potur Nermin Sinanović Admir Zukan |

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

| 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 |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | France Clothilde Boulanger Sonia Fiuza Jessica Hugues | Spain Sonia García Yaiza Martín Margarita Morata | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti Germany Franziska Krieg Denise Pawlovski Sabine Schneider |
| Kumite | Turkey Gülderen Çelik Albayrak Meltem Hocaoğlu Serap Özçelik Tuba Yenen | Croatia Ana-Marija Čelan Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ivona Tubić | Germany Duygu Bugur Jana Bitsch Maria Weiß Monique Puscher Switzerland Jessica Cargill Noémie Kornfeld Aurélie Magnin |

## Medal table

* 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 |
| 10 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |