The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekwondo, which organises and controls Olympic style taekwondo. An additional event, the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships were exceptionally held in 2019.
The championships should not be confused with:
the European Games taekwondo competitions, which form part of a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition; the EITF European Taekwondo Championships, a championships organised by the European International Taekwondo Federation, the continental arm of the International Taekwondo Federation.ITF is a smaller international federation unaffiliated to either WTF or IOC, and competing under slightly modified rules including the wearing of padded gloves and footwear. the European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories, also organised by the ETU but only a G-1 ranked tournament while the European Taekwondo Championships are ranked as a G-4 tournament and also the most important continental competition. In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para European Championships as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.
Editions
#YearDatesHostChampionEvents1 1976 ()22 May Barcelona, Spain 82 1978 ()20–22 October Munich, West Germany 83 1980 ()14–17 October Esbjerg, Denmark 174 1982 ()23–26 September Rome, Italy 185 1984 ()26–28 October Stuttgart, West Germany 186 1986 ()3–5 October Seefeld, Austria 167 1988 ()26–29 May Ankara, Turkey 168 1990 ()18–21 October Aarhus, Denmark 169 1992 ()18–25 May Valencia, Spain 1610 1994 ()28–30 October Zagreb, Croatia 1611 1996 ()26–27 October Helsinki, Finland 1612 1998 ()23–25 October Eindhoven, Netherlands 1613 2000 ()4–7 May Patras, Greece 1614 2002 ()1–5 April Samsun, Turkey 1615 2004 ()1–5 May Lillehammer, Norway 1616 2005 ()6–9 October Riga, Latvia 1617 2006 ()26–28 May Bonn, Germany 1618 2008 ()10–13 April Rome, Italy 1619 2010 ()12–15 May St. Petersburg, Russia 1620 2012 ()3–6 May Manchester, United Kingdom 1621 2014 ()1–4 May Baku, Azerbaijan 1622 2016 ()19–22 May Montreux, Switzerland 1623 2018 ()10–13 May Kazan, Russia 1624 2021 ()8–11 April Sofia, Bulgaria 1625 2022 ()19–22 May Manchester, United Kingdom 1626 2024 ()10–12 May Belgrade, Serbia Croatia16272026 ()12–14 May Munich, Germany 16
2020 European Taekwondo Championships was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic ( Belgrade, Serbia).
Extra European Championships
The G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships were held in November 2019 as a form of compensation for European athletes to provide them the chance to collect ranking points for the 2020 Olympic Games after taekwondo was dropped from the 2019 European Games program. World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) president referred to it as the continental flagship event.
EditionYearDateCity and host countryOverall championEvents1 2019 ()1–3 November Bari, Italy 10
U21 Source:
Team ranking Team Points Rules:
1976–2018: Each Registered (weight-in) player 1 Point + Each win 1 Point + Gold medal 7 point + silver medal 3 point + bronze medal 1 point
2021–present: Each Registered (weight-in) player 1 Point + Each win 1 Point + Gold medal 120 point + silver medal 50 point + bronze medal 20 point
If the points are equal, the medals will choose the best team.
YearHostMenWomen1 2 31 2 319761978198019821984198619881990199219941996199820002002200420052006 2008201020122014201620182021 2022
Medals (1976–2026) Source::es:Campeonato Europeo de Taekwondo#Medallero histórico
Multiple gold medalists The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals.
Men AthleteCountryTotalGeremia Di Costanzo5016Servet Tazegül5005Seyfula Magomedov 4127Pascal Gentil 3306Aaron Cook 3115Gabriel Esparza 3104Levent Tuncat 3104Joseph Salim 3036Gergely Salim 3003Jesper Roesen 3003
Women AthleteCountryTotalCoral Bistuer 5 005Bianca Walkden 4 116Brigitte Yagüe 4 116Sarah Stevenson 4 026Gwladys Épangue 3 317Jade Jones 3 137Nataša Vezmar 3 115Lucija Zaninović 3 014Anastasia Baryshnikova 3 003Natalia Ivanova 3 003Tatiana Kudashova 3 003
European Poomsae Championships EditionYearHost country62005 (details), Turku72007 (details), Antalya82009 (details), Portimão92010 (details), Tashkent102011 (details), Genoa112013 (details), La Nucia122015 (details), Belgrade132017 (details), Rhodes142019 (details), Antalya152021 (details), Seixal162023 (details), Innsbruck172025 (details), Tallinn
See also Taekwondo at the European Games Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories European Junior Taekwondo Championships European Universities Taekwondo Championships 2023 European Poomsae Championships 2025 European Poomsae Championships
References
External links Official site of the European Taekwondo Union