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1966 European Karate Championships | |
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Location | Paris, France |
Dates | May 7 to 9 |
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 Federation, 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][1][2][4]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Ippon | Patrick Baroux France |
Guy Sauvin France |
Franco Gerometta Italy |
Alain Setrouk France | |||
Team | France | Switzerland | Italy |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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