European Judo Championships 2006

The 2006 European Judo Championships took place in Tampere from May 26th to 28th . It was the first European Judo Championships in Finland since Helsinki in 1989. In contrast to 1989, the judoka from the host country did not win a medal this time, Nina Koivumäki took fifth place in the lightweight and thus achieved the best Finnish placement.

Alina Alexandra Dumitru in the super lightweight was the only judoka who was able to successfully defend her title from last year, it was her third title in a row.

Results

Men

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 60 kg)	Craig Fallon	Poor Nazarjan	Ruben Houkes Ludwig Paischer
Half light weight (up to 66 kg)	Sasa Kedelashvili	Benjamin Darbelet	Andreas Mitterfellner Künter Rothberg
Lightweight (up to 73 kg)	Elnur Məmmədli	Daniel Fernandes	Bryan van Dijk Salamu Metschidow
Medium weight (up to 81 kg)	Sjarhej Schundsikau	Giuseppe Maddaloni	Sergei Aschwanden Guillaume Elmont
Middle weight (up to 90 kg)	Ivan Perschin	David Alarza	Roberto Meloni Winston Gordon
Light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)	Ruslan Gasimov	Daniel Hadfi	Peter cousins Dimitri Peters
Heavy weight (over 100 kg)	Andreas Tölzer	Janusz Wojnarowicz	Zviadi Khanjaliashvili Tamerlan Tmenow

Women

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Alina Alexandra Dumitru	Neşe Şensoy Yıldız	Michaela Baschin Frédérique Jossinet
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Telma Monteiro	Ioana Maria Aluaș	Mareen Kräh Ilse Heylen
Lightweight (up to 57 kg)	Barbara Harel	Kifayət Qasımova	Isabel Fernández Sabrina Filzmoser
Medium weight (up to 63 kg)	Sarah Clark	Lucie Décosse	Ylenia Scapin Elisabeth Willeboordse
Middle weight (up to 70 kg)	Gévrise Émane	Heide Wollert	Maryna Pryshchepa Catherine Jacques
Light heavyweight (up to 78 kg)	Vera Moskalijuk	Celine Lebrun	Esther San Miguel Sviatlana Tsimashenka
Heavy weight (over 78 kg)	Anne-Sophie Mondière	Carola Uilenhoed	Lucija Polavder Julija Baryssik

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	3	4th	1	8th
2	Russia	3	-	2	5
3	United Kingdom	2	-	2	4th
4th	Germany	1	1	3	5
5	Azerbaijan	1	1	-	2
	Romania	1	1	-	2
7th	Belarus	1	-	2	3
8th	Georgia	1	-	1	2
9	Portugal	1	-	-	1
10	Netherlands	-	1	4th	5
11	Italy	-	1	2	3
	Spain	-	1	2	3
13	Armenia	-	1	-	1
	Poland	-	1	-	1
	Turkey	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
17th	Austria	-	-	3	3
18th	Belgium	-	-	2	2
19th	Estonia	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
	Ukraine	-	-	1	1
	Total	14th	14th	28	56

Web links

• Results European Championships 2006 on judoinside.com