# 2016 European Karate Championships

The 2016 European Karate Championships, the 51st edition, was held at Montpellier in France from 5 to 8 May 2016. A total of 508 competitors from 46 countries participated at the event.

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Damián Quintero | Vu Duc Minh Dack | Roman Heydarov Mattia Busato |
| Kumite –60 kg | Matías Gómez | Aykut Kaya | Emil Pavlov Marko Antić |
| Kumite –67 kg | Steven Da Costa | Gianluca De Vivo | Yves Martial Tadissi Jordan Thomas |
| Kumite –75 kg | Rafael Aghayev | Erman Eltemur | René Smaal Logan Da Costa |
| Kumite –84 kg | Uğur Aktaş | Meris Muhović | Noah Bitsch Georgios Tzanos |
| Kumite +84 kg | Jonathan Horne | Stefano Maniscalco | Enes Erkan Salim Bendiab |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | France Lucas Jeannot Enzo Montarello Ahmed Zemouri | Spain José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar | Turkey Osman Evin Mehmet Yakan Firket Yılmaz Croatia Ivan Ermenc Damjan Padovan Tomislav Stolar |
| Kumite | France Lonni Boulesnane Jessie Da Costa Logan Da Costa Steven Da Costa Marvin Garin Kenji Grillon Corentin Séguy | Turkey Uğur Aktaş Samet Develi Erman Eltemur Enes Erkan Gökhan Gündüz Rıdvan Kaptan Alparslan Yamanoğlu | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Dejan Cvrkota Danilo Jeknić Stefan Joksić Mihajlo Josipović Aleksandar Šestakov Bogdan Trikoš Portugal Miguel Diz Hélio Hernandez Nuno Mestre Nuno Moreira Hugo Pina Filipe Reis Tomás Silva |

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Sandra Sánchez | Sandy Scordo | Dilara Bozan Viviana Bottaro |
| Kumite –50 kg | Alexandra Recchia | Serap Özçelik | Jelena Milivojčević Mariya Koulinkovitich |
| Kumite –55 kg | Sara Cardin | Anzhelika Terliuga | Büşra Tosun Cristina Ferrer |
| Kumite –61 kg | Lucie Ignace | Merve Çoban | Ana Lenard Jovana Preković |
| Kumite –68 kg | Elena Quirici | Alisa Buchinger | Sherilyn Wold Johanna Kneer |
| Kumite +68 kg | Anne-Laure Florentin | Helena Kuusisto | Dragana Konjević Maša Martinović |

#### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Spain Gema Morales Margarita Morata Paula Rodríguez | Germany Jasmin Bleul Christine Heinrich Sophie Wachter | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti Turkey Dilara Bozan Rabia Küsmüş Gizem Şahin |
| Kumite | Azerbaijan Farida Abiyeva Nurana Aliyeva Ilaha Gasimova Irina Zaretska | Croatia Ana-Marija Bujas Čelan Ana Lenard Azra Saleš Ivona Tubić | Turkey Merve Çoban Serap Özçelik Büşra Tosun Büşra Şeyda Turan France Alizée Agier Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia |

## Medal table

* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA)* | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Montenegro (MNE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating countries

* Andorra (2)
* Armenia (2)
* Austria (15)
* Azerbaijan (14)
* Belarus (10)
* Belgium (14)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (18)
* Bulgaria (11)
* Croatia (24)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Denmark (15)
* England (12)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (8)
* France (22)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (18)
* Greece (12)
* Hungary (17)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (17)
* Kosovo (6)
* Latvia (2)
* Luxembourg (5)
* Macedonia (20)
* Moldova (2)
* Montenegro (9)
* Netherlands (13)
* Northern Ireland (1)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (16)
* Romania (8)
* Russia (17)
* Scotland (3)
* Serbia (24)
* Slovakia (16)
* Slovenia (12)
* Spain (19)
* Sweden (6)
* Switzerland (9)
* Turkey (21)
* Ukraine (17)
* Wales (3)