European Taekwondo Championships

European Taekwondo Championships
Current event or competition:
2024 European Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
DisciplineTaekwondo
Typekyourugui, biennial
OrganiserEuropean Taekwondo Union (ETU)
Divisions
Current weight divisionsMen (8)
Women (8)
History
First edition22 May 1976 in Barcelona, Spain
Editions26 (2024)

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:

In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para European Championships[2][3] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.[4][5]

  1. ^ ITF is a smaller international federation unaffiliated to either WTF or IOC, and competing under slightly modified rules including the wearing of padded gloves and footwear.
  2. ^ "[World Taekwondo] European Championships Mark a New Era in Para Taekwondo". m.worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  3. ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Time-Table-PARA.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://europetaekwondo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/eventDocuments_b85d17c5-7613-4969-96de-fc8a7d8ba93e.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://www.dtu.de/fileadmin/Events/Europameisterschaft_Poomsae_2023/Outline_EC_Poomsae_2023_final.pdf [bare URL PDF]