1966 European Karate Championships

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][4][5][6]

1966 European Karate Championships
Location	Paris, France
Dates	May 7 to 9

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ippon	Patrick Baroux  France	Guy Sauvin  France	Franco Gerometta  Italy
			Alain Setrouk  France
Team	France	Switzerland	Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	1	1	4
2	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
3	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		2	2	2	6

References

1. Black Belt. February 1974. p. 40. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. jacques delcourt 1966 european karate.
2. Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. Resende, Antonio (Tone) (16 September 2013). Hajime. ISBN 9781483684420. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
4. Black Belt. February 1974. p. 40. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. jacques delcourt 1966 european karate.
5. Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; Wallace, W. Angus (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
6. Black Belt. October 1966. Retrieved 30 November 2014.