Great success of the national team of Poland during ETKF European Championship

Traditional karate national team of Poland achieve great success during 26th Traditional Karate European Championship of Seniors and 9th Traditional Karate European Championship of Cadets and Juniors, which took place on 4-5 June 2005 in Cosicua (Malta). Polish team brought 20 medals won in categories of seniors, juniors and cadets – 10 golden, 5 silver and 5 bronze ones. We are most happy with the performance of seniors, who managed to outrun the Italian team, which has been dominant in Europe so far. Our new European champions are: Karolina Kotala in fuku-go, Lukasz Wojcik in kumite, Krystian Grzejszczak and Michal Wronski in mixed en-bu and women’s team kata – Katarzyna Krzywanska, Iwona Furmanek and Joanna Szeremeta. In general clasification seniors won 4 golden medals, 2 silver and 2 bronze ones, juniors – 3 golden, 3 silver ones and cadets – 3 golden and 3 bronze ones.

In the European championships there participated 232 competitors from 21 countries.

Next European championships in 2006 will be held in Poland, in Rzeszow.

SENIORS

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Anna Medvedyeva – Ukraine
2. Katarzyna Krzywanska – Poland
3. Chiara Polello – Italy
4. Gabriela Ciubucci – Romania

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Moffa Nazario – Italy
2. Miclea Robert – Romania
3. Pawel Janusz – Poland
4. Azzopardi Omar – Malta

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Natalija Artiomova – Lithuania
2. Ilaria Rigoldi – Italy
3. Viktoriya Afendikova – Ukraine
3. Ramona Muller – Germany

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Lukasz Wojcik – Poland
2. Matteo Leone – Italy
3. Stein Gunnar Lowenhjelr – Norway
3. Giedrius Svietkauskas – Lithuania

WOMEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Karolina Kotala – Poland
2. Artimova Natalia – Lithuania
3. Averna Alessia – Italy
3. Muller Ramona – Germany

MEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Musat Cornel – Romania
2. Nikiforos Konstantinos – Greece
3. Campari Silvio – Italy
3. Nedev Dejan – Macedonia

WOMEN’S TEAM KATA

1. Poland
  * Joanna Szeremeta
  * Katarzyna Krzywanska
  * Iwona Furmanek
2. Italy
3. Romania
4. Ukraine

MEN’S TEAM KATA

1. Italy
2. Poland
  * Kulczynski Piotr
  * Neugebauer Krzysztof
  * Karwacki Damian
3. Romania
4. Ukraine

TEAM KUMITE

1. Ukraine
2. Portugal
3. Slovenia
3. Romania

WOMAN/MAN EN-BU

1. Romania
2. Italy
3. Poland
  * Maja Ostrowska
  * Marcin Kotas
4. Ukraine

MAN/MAN EN-BU

1. Poland
  * Micha³ Wronski
  * Krystian Grzejszczak
2. Romania
3. Italy
4. Malta

JUNIORS

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Maja Ostrowska – Poland
2. Manona Danciu – Romania
3. Mariya Baryshnykova – Ukraine
4. Tamara Sorokina – Russia

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Marincas Calin Valeriu – Romania
2. Witold Kwiecinski – Poland
3. Jurie Nikula – Moldova
4. Andrea Gasparetti – Italy

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Corina Tanasescu – Romania
2. Lilia Tintila – Moldova
3. Ana Kresevic – Slovenia
3. Maryna Malyshikina – Ukraine

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Marcin Kotas – Poland
2. Toufik Saoud – France
3. David Kirsch – Germany
3. Matthias Schafferer – Austria

WOMEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Mariya Baryshnykova – Ukraine
2. Maja Ostrowska – Poland
3. Corina Tanasescu – Romania
3. Lilia Tintila – Moldova

MEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Marincas Calin Valeriu – Romnia
2. Rafal Wajda – Poland
3. Toufik Saoud – France
3. Diego Fasani – Italy

TEAM KUMITE

1. Poland
  * Lukasz Urbaniak
  * Michal Racki
  * Rafal Wajda
  * Marcin Kotas
2. Ukraine
3. Romania
4. Moldova

CADETS
WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Simona Lare – Romania
2. Nataliya Verloka – Ukraine
3. Malgorzata Baranowska – Poland
4. Jacqueliune Schwar – Germany

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KATA

1. Stanislav Berezovsky – Ukraine
2. Cristian Adrian Duta – Romania
3. Andreas Tieppelis – Cyprus
4. Sebastian Ferenc – Poland

WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Nataliya Verloka – Ukraine
2. Simona Lare – Romania
3. Malgorzata Baranowska – Poland
3. Jacqueline Schwar – Germany

MEN’S INDIVIDUAL KUMITE

1. Sebastian Ferenc – Poland
2. Andreas Koulli – Cyprus
3. Vadym Kornyeyev – Ukraine
3. Henning Fabin – Germany

MEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Mihai Timpeanu – Romania
2. Thomas El Marhomy – France
3. Vadym Kornyeyev – Ukraine
3. Robert Belitz – Germany

WOMEN’S FUKU-GO

1. Gasca Vasiliou – Romania
2. Jacqueline Schwar – Germany
3. Malgorzata Baranowska – Poland
3. Nataliya Verloka – Ukraine

JUNIORS AND CADETS
WOMAN/MAN EN-BU

1. Poland
  * Beata Maciejewska
  * Lukasz Urbaniak
2. Romania
3. Malta
4. Ukraine

MAN/MAN EN-BU

1. Poland
  * Lukasz Kusmierz
  * Lukasz Urbaniak
2. Romania
3. Ukraine
4. Moldova