The Euros 2006 [May, 19th 2006]

Newsletter

Newsletter 2/2006

The Euros 2006

A.E.T.F. REPORT

Newsletter 2/2006

The Euros 2006

The most important event of the Old Continent this year is already accomplished. On 12th -14th May 2006 in Constanta (Romania) took place the XII Junior and XXI Senior European Taekwon-Do Championships with 392 competitors from 26 European countries. The overall country winner was again Poland and it was 15th win of the National Polish Team. It doesn't mean that it was so easy. In both junior and senior category there was just one Polish competitor that took gold medal in sparring. It didn't happen for a long time.

There were many very famous individual competitors attending the Championships. Their performance really attracted spectator's attention. The technical standard of participants is increasing every year. There are no weak teams or individuals now.

It is worth to mention that AETF Tournament and Umpire Committee, did really great job during Euros. Mr. Coos v/d Heuvel, Mr. Sandy Dunbar and Mr. Giovanni Cecconato made that the competition run smoothly according to the schedule.

The very emotional Romanian publicity made the atmosphere of the Championships memorable. Cheering the competitors they were making sometimes a pressure, but it didn't affect the referees job.

The Romanian media was also present and recorded the Championships.

The coaches and officials attending the Euros bought many new ideas how to make the next competitions better. The AETF Board of Directors will take them under considaration during the next Board meeting at the beginning of 2007.

I would like to express our great appreciation and thanks to the Organizing Committee and all people involved in preparation of the Championships.

Our very special thanks go to Mr. Mircea Muntean - the Secretary General of Romanian Taekwon-do Federation ITF, who done great job during the Euros.

General Country Medal Classification
Place	Country	Senior Medals			Junior Medals			Grand Total
		I	II	III	I	II	III	I	II	III

Results - Juniors	Results - Seniors
List of Umpires
Summary report (Juniors) List of participants (Juniors) Country List (Juniors) Individual female pattern I dan Individual female pattern II dan Individual female sparring up to 45 Individual female sparring up to 50 Individual female sparring up to 55 Individual female sparring up to 60 Individual female sparring over 60 Individual female special techniques Individual female power tests Team female pattern Team female sparring Team female special techniques Team female power tests Individual male pattern I dan Individual male pattern II dan Individual male pattern III dan Individual male sparring up to 52 Individual male sparring up to 58 Individual male sparring up to 63 Individual male sparring up to 70 Individual male sparring over 70 Individual male special techniques Individual male power tests Team male pattern Team male sparring Team male special techniques Team male power tests Best female Best male Best female team Best male team Point Country Clasification Medal Country Clasification List of Medals	Summary report (Seniors) List of Paricipants (Seniors) Country List (Seniors) Individual female pattern I dan Individual female pattern II dan Individual female pattern III dan Individual female pattern IV dan Individual female sparring up to 52 Individual female sparring up to 58 Individual female sparring up to 63 Individual female sparring up to 70 Individual female sparring over 70 Individual female special techniques Individual female power tests Team female pattern Team female sparring Team female special techniques Team female power tests Individual male pattern I dan Individual male pattern II dan Individual male pattern III dan Individual male pattern IV dan Individual male sparring up to 54 Individual male sparring up to 63 Individual male sparring up to 71 Individual male sparring up to 80 Individual male sparring over 80 Individual male special techniques Individual male power tests Team male pattern Team male sparring Team male special techniques Team male power tests Best female Best male Best female team Best male team Point Country Clasification Medal Country Clasification List of Medals

The atmosphere of this event you can see in beautifull photo gallery made by Swavek Dydiszko, on the ITF Sweden website and in the Photo Gallery of ITF Finland website.

Over 600 photos are also available on the website of MKS Lewart Lubartów: