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2007 – 27th to 29th April – Lisbon, Portugal

3rd place


2006

3rd place


2005 – April 15-17 – Berne, Switzerland

Full report in BKA Newsonline August 2005

Mens Individual: 1. Herve Blanchard (France) 2. Jan Ulmer (Germany)

Womens Individual: 1. Clemence Garcia (France) 2. Aurelia Destobbeleer (France)

MensTeam: 1. Spain 2. France 3. Italy 3. Germany

Womens Team: 1. Germany 2. Hungary 3. Poland 3. France


2004 – 18th? European Kendo Championships – Budapest, Hungary Friday April 23 until Sunday April 25.

A full report can be found in the BKA Newsonline newsletter August 2004

Juniors Ladies individual Mens individual

1

D12 R Kumpf

1

H10 B. Kir?ly

1

I6 F. Mandia

2

B12 R Zailachi

2

F10 C. Garcia

2

D7 J. Ulmer

3

RO14 D Craciun

3

F13 A. Destobbeleer

3

D4 J. Sengfelder

3

H16 G Babos

3

H8 A. Sipos

3

E3 J. Castro

FS

B13 L van Laecken

FS

CZ8 Jana Ziegelheimova

FS

F7 A. Diebold
D13 C. Viebranz Fin11 Mia Raitanen H2 G Erd?ly
SW1 Bjorn Gustavvson
FR3 Guillaume Sicart
Ladies Teams Mens Teams

1

Hungary

1

France

2

Germany

2

Finland

3

France

3

Italy

3

Finland

3

Spain

FS

SER11 J. Lujic

FS

RU 1 Andrei Solodovnikov
AU11 Birgit Ecker CZ4 Jan Cilek
B4 Wesley Haeke
H1 Tibor B?r?ny

18th European Kendo Championships, Nantes, France. April 2002

1st place 2nd place 3rd place
Mens Team Hungary France Spain Sweden
Womens Team France Hungary Switzerland Great Britain
Mens Individual Soulas (France) Haeke (Belgium) Barany (Hungary) Walhqvist (Sweden)
Womens Individual Kiraly (Hungary) Porevuo (Finland) Loustale (France) Martin (Spain)
Juniors Individual Diebold (France) Kautz (Germany) De Bussac (France) D’Hont (Belgium)

UK Ladies (Riddoch, Rathbone, Yoshikawa) – Bronze in the team competition.  A full report of this taikai by Simon Bradley, U.K. Team Captain,  was to be found online here.


2001 April 17th – European Championships Bologna, Italy
GB Ladies (Riddoch, Wells, Yoshikawa) – Bronze in the team comp.
Emiko – Fighting Spirit in the Ladies comp.


15th European Kendo Championships – 1998? – Basle

The team was Colin McCurdy, Bob Coles, Darren Cutting, Simon Bradley, Antony Scott, John Richards and Gill Riddoch.

GB lost to Belgium , beat Poland then knocked out by Spain.  Overall winner was France, runner up Hungary, 3rd Belgium, Spain.

Full report in BKA News Online Edition 18

14th European Kendo Championships

13th European Kendo Championships

12th European Kendo Championships

11th European Kendo Championships

10th European Kendo Championships – April 1990

  • GB team 3rd place

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8th European Kendo Championships – April 1987

  • GB team 3rd place

7th European Kendo Championships – April 1986

  • GB team “Fighting Spirit”

6th European Kendo Championships – April 1984

  • GB team 2nd place

5th European Kendo Championships – April 1983

  • GB team 3rd place

4th European Kendo Championships – April 1981

  • GB team 3rd place

3rd European Kendo Championships – April 1978

  • GB team 4th
  • Individual silver medal

2nd European Kendo Championship – April 1977

  • GB team 2nd place

1st European Kendo Championships – April 1974

  • Team 1st place
  • Individual match 1st place
  • 6 gold medals