The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the

European Taekwondo Union The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) or World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) is the official governing body for all Taekwondo matters in Europe as a regional organisation of World Taekwondo. It comprises the National Taekwondo Federations of all the Europe ...

, the continental affiliate of

World Taekwondo World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). The ''World Taekw ...

, 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 The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were ...

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 International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) is an international taekwondo organization founded on March 22, 1966, by General Choi Hong Hi (Korean: 최홍희) in Seoul, South Korea. The ITF was founded to promote and encourage the growth of the Kor ...

. *the

European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories The European Taekwondo Championships in Olympic Weight Categories are the European senior championships in Taekwondo in olympic weight categories, first held in Nalchik in 2015. The event is held annually and is organized by the European Taekwo ...

, 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.

List of championships

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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

after taekwondo was dropped from the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

program. World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) president referred to it as the continental flagship event.

Team ranking

Medal summary

All results from 1976 - 2022

Multiple gold medalists

The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals. ;Men ;Women

References

External links

Official site of the European Taekwondo Union
Taekwondo competitions

Taekwondo in Europe Recurring sporting events established in 1976 Biennial sporting events {{taekwondo-stub