5th European Universities Karate Championship
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: July 22 - 25, 2011
The 5th European Universities Karate Championship was held between July 21 and 24, 2011 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with competitions and official ceremonies held at the Sportshall of the 5th/Sports school in Dobrinja in Sarajevo.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Culture and Sport Mr Salmir Kaplan; Minister of Education Mr Damir Mašić; Sarajevo councilman and BIH Sports Federation President Mr Branislav Crnogorac; President of University Sports Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Omer Stambolić; EUSA Executive Committee Member Mr Kemal Tamer, EUSA Technical Delegate Mr Rajko Vujošević and other sports representatives and guests.
The championship, which was officially opened by the Minister of Culture and Sport Mr Salmir Kaplan, was well-attended also by the visitors and fans throughout the event.
78 university teams took part in the men's and women's competitions in four categories (Kata and Kumite - Men and Women); with competitors in individual events as well, coming from 23 European countries.
The 2011 champions and medalists became:
MEN:
Male Kata Team
1 |
University of Linz |
Austria |
2 |
University Mediterranean |
Montenegro |
3 |
Erciyes University |
Turkey |
3 |
University of Gießen |
Germany |
Male Kumite Team
1 |
University of Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
3 |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraina |
3 |
University Donja Gorica |
Montenegro |
Male Kata Individual
1 |
Matej Urík |
Universities of Slovakia |
Slovakia |
2 |
Jan Urke |
University of Gießen |
Germany |
3 |
Andre Vieira |
Polytechnic Institute of Porto |
Portugal |
3 |
Mijat Vojvodic |
University Mediterranean |
Montenegro |
Male Kumite Individual –60kg
1 |
Edin Muslic |
University of Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 |
Alexander Heimann |
University DHfPG Saarbrücken |
Germany |
3 |
Oleh Filipovych |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraine |
3 |
Paulo Gonçalves |
University of Minho |
Portugal |
Male Kumite Individual –67kg
1 |
Thomas Kaserer |
University of Linz |
Austria |
2 |
Jozo Dabovic |
University Donja Gorica |
Montenegro |
3 |
Mikel Lafuente Moreno |
Universidad Del Pais Vasco |
Spain |
3 |
Andrii Mokrynchuk |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraine |
Male Kumite Individual –75kg
1 |
Stanislav Horuna |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraine |
2 |
Ivo Cvetkovski |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
3 |
Nermin Potur |
University of Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 |
Illya Nikulin |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraine |
Male Kumite Individual –84kg
1 |
Alen Kupusovic |
University of Sarajevo |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 |
Stojan Tasevski |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
3 |
Heinrich Leistenschneider |
University of Regensburg |
Germany |
3 |
Ognen Gruevski |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
Male Kumite Individual +84kg
1 |
Calum Robb |
British Universities & Colleges Sport |
United Kingdom |
2 |
Almir Cecunjanin |
University Donja Gorica |
Montenegro |
3 |
Martin Nestorovski |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
3 |
Zharko Arsovski |
Goce Delcev University |
FYR of Macedonia |
WOMEN:
Female Kata Team
1 |
University of Montenegro |
Montenegro |
2 |
St. Kliment Ohridski University-Bitola |
FYR of Macedonia |
3 |
Erciyes University |
Turkey |
3 |
Universidad Del Pais Vasco |
Spain |
Female Kumite Team
1 |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraina |
2 |
University Mediterranean |
Montenegro |
3 |
University of Montenegro |
Montenegro |
3 |
Universities of Slovakia |
Slovakia |
Female Kata Individual
1 |
Sandra Sánchez Jaime |
Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha |
Spain |
2 |
Vlatka Kuik |
University of Zagreb |
Croatia |
3 |
Katarína Longová |
Comenius University |
Slovakia |
3 |
Biserka Radulovic |
University of Montenegro |
Montenegro |
Female Kumite Individual –50kg
1 |
Matea Ratkovic |
University of Zagreb |
Croatia |
2 |
Desireé Christiansen |
University WG Hamburg |
Germany |
3 |
Vesna Bezgovsek |
University of Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
3 |
Meri Radicevska |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
Female Kumite Individual –55kg
1 |
Suzana Mirkovic |
University of Montenegro |
Montenegro |
2 |
Jana Vojtikevicová |
Comenius University |
Slovakia |
3 |
Stella Holczer |
TU Kaiserslautern |
Germany |
3 |
Anzhelika Terliuga |
Lviv State University of physical culture |
Ukraine |
Female Kumite Individual –61kg
1 |
Alice Goudie |
British Universities & Colleges Sport |
United Kingdom |
2 |
Dagmara Kubinská |
Universities of Slovakia |
Slovakia |
3 |
Justyna Paczkowska |
Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin |
Poland |
3 |
Natasha Stefanovska |
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje |
FYR of Macedonia |
Female Kumite Individual –68kg
1 |
Maria Weiss |
University of Bayreuth |
Germany |
2 |
Marina Rakovic |
University Mediterranean |
Montenegro |
3 |
Kaup Stephanie |
University of Austria |
Austria |
3 |
Ana-Marija Celan |
University of Zagreb |
Croatia |
Female Kumite Individual +68kg
1 |
Masa Martinovic |
University of Zagreb |
Croatia |
2 |
Zuzana Kubalová |
Slovak University of Technology |
Slovakia |
3 |
Claudia Leffler |
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg |
Germany |
3 |
Dragana Konjevic |
University Mediterranean |
Montenegro |
More information about the championship can be found at the official website of the event www.5-eukc.com.ba. The next EUC Karate will be held in 2013 in Budapest, Hungary.