European Taekwondo Championships
Introduction 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. *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.
Editions #YearDatesHostChampionEvents1  1976 ()22 May  Barcelona, Spain   82  1978 ()20–22 October  Munich, West Germany   83  1980 ()14–17 October  Copenhagen, 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 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 point2021-Ongoing: Each Registered (weight-in) player 1 Point + Each win 1 Point + Gold medal 120 point + silver medal 50 point + bronze medal 20 pointIf the points are equal, the medals will choose the best team.YearHostMenWomen1 2 31 2 319761978198019821984198619881990199219941996199820002002200420052006 20082010201220142016201820212022
Medals (1976-2022) Source:
Multiple gold medalists The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals. ;MenAthleteCountry20px20px20pxTotalGeremia Di Costanzo5016Servet Tazegül5005Seyfula Magomedov 4127Pascal Gentil 3306Aaron Cook   3115Gabriel Esparza 3104Levent Tuncat 3104Joseph Salim 3036Gergely Salim 3003Jesper Roesen 3003;WomenAthleteCountry20px20px20pxTotalCoral 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
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 Juniors Taekwondo Championships* European Universities Taekwondo Championships
References
External links *  Official site of the European Taekwondo Union