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unusual facts about European Championships



1931 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1931 World Championship also acted simultaneously as the 15th European Championships.

1951 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships were the 15th World Championships and the 28th European Championships in ice hockey for international teams.

Albert Krauss

Three years later, he won a silver medal in the same event for West Germany at the European championships in Hahnenklee.

Alena Filipava

She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark, against Tatiana Padilla of the United States, in addition to her silver at the European Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Angelo Ciccone

: 6th European Championships (Madison with Fabio Masotti), Pruszków (POL)

Anna Skoda

She won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the European Championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Arthur Klamt

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Christoph Soukup

: 5th European Championships (Cross-country), Sankt Wendel (GER)

Dick Jaspers

In Göynük, Turkey, he won the 2003 European Championships and he became UMB World Champion for the second time in 2004 when he overclassed his Greek opponent Filipos Kasidokostas in the final (15-9, 15-0, 15-5).

Erik Abrahamsson

He won European championships 1921.

Erwin Posselt

He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Fabio Masotti

: 6th European Championships (Madison with Angelo Ciccone), Pruszków (POL)

Geert Arend Roorda

Due to a hip injury he had to mis out on the European Championships in Italy.

Graham Hedman

In 2010 he was part of the relay squad who won silver at the European Championships in Barcelona, and bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Greece at the team sports international competitions

The Greece at the team sports international competitions has achieved 12 victories at the Olympic Games (1), World Championship (3) and European Championships (8).

Hanna Miluska

She won a total of two medals in the 5 km open water: silver at the European Championships in Berlin (1:00:27), and bronze at the FINA World Championships in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (58:13).

Hans Gfäller

He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

History of figure skating

International figure skating competitions began appearing in the late 19th century—in 1891, the European Championships were inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1896, the first World Championships were held in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

Ivan Filin

Ivan Filin (born March 10, 1926 in Kimovsk, Tula Oblast) is a retired marathon runner from the Soviet Union, who won the silver medal at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, behind compatriot Sergei Popov.

Jacob Platzer

He won a silver medal in the men's singles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Jarosław Miczek

He also won a silver and a bronze in the same event at the European Championships alongside Dariusz Wrzosek.

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno

With the Spanish national team, Juanito appeared in one World Cup and two European Championships, contributing to the conquest of Euro 2008.

Kubrat Pulev

He finished at third place at the European Championships in Plovdiv.

Oberhof, Germany

Their bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track has hosted many world and European championships in luge.

Ravi Deepres

His first solo exhibition, Patriots, shown at the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 2003, explored aspects of patriotic and national identity around the football World Cup and European Championships.

Richard Simm

He won a bronze medal in the men's singles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Rüdiger Stenzel

In a race in 1994 he defeated the Olympic champion Fermín Cacho but finished seventh in the European Championships in Helsinki where Cacho won gold.

Serena Ortolani

Her debut for the national team came on the 2005 edition of the European Championships, held in Croatia, when the team was then coached by Marco Bonitta.

Simona Spiridon

With Romania, she has picked up two gold medals in younger age category World and European Championships in addition to the 4 Hungarian Cup and 5 Austrian Cup titles.

Steven van der Cammen

At the 2001, European Championships, he played as an alternate for Rob Vilain's 16th place team.

Tiberiu Dolniceanu

In the European Championships in Zagreb, he defeated 15–11 the three-time incumbent Aleksey Yakimenko of Russia to win the individual gold medal.

Tiffany Géroudet

In 2011 she won the European Championships in Sheffield, beating along the way favourites Laura Flessel, Nathalie Moellhausen, and Britta Heidemann.

Tim Baillie

They won another silver and a bronze in the C-2 team event at the European Championships alongside the other UK boats of David Florence/Richard Hounslow and Daniel Goddard/Colin Radmore.

Tomáš Kobes

He also won a silver and a bronze in the same event at the European Championships.

Vla

It comes in several flavours, such as chocolate, caramel, vanilla, banana, etc. and some are limited editions like orange (with an artificial orange flavour) sold only at the time of national events in the Netherlands like "koningsdag" or the world and European championships (as long as the Netherlands is still in the competition).

Vladimir Shilykovsky

His best season was 1958, when he won the overall silver medal in both the European Championships at Eskilstuna and in the World Championships at Helsinki, on both occasions trailing just behind Oleg Goncharenko.


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Adolfo Samuel Acosta Rodríguez

At the 2001 IBSA European Championships, Acosta's team finished first.

Akbar Muradov

Akbar Muradov is an Azerbaijani paralympic sport shooter, bronze medalist of 2007 European Championships in Suhl and 2010 World Cup in Antalya and in Volmerange-les-Mines.

Andreas Dittmer

His run of success at the European championships finally came to an end in 2006 when he was defeated by Romania's Florin Mironcic in the 1000 m final in Račice, Czech Republic.

Artsiom Parakhouski

Parakhouski was spotted by Ali Ton, then a Binghamton University men's basketball assistant coach, at the Junior European Championships.

Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

During the 2012/13 or 2013/14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum is 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes.

Björn Bach

His most recent success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a K-4 1000 m bronze medal.

Cem Uluğnuyan

The same year, he became European champion at the U-21 European Championships held in Vigo, Spain.

Christiane Pilz

Pilz reached into the international stage in triathlon, when she placed twelfth at the 1999 ETU Triathlon European Championships in Funchal, Madeira, and in 2000, she claimed her first medal at the FISU World University Triathlon Championships in Tiszaujvaros, Hungary.

Christopher Sacchin

In the 1 metre springboard event he won the bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the European Championships in 2006 and 2008.

Daniel Outelet

In 1961 he won his last bronze medal (bronze) during the European championships held that year in Milan.

Darya Tkachenko

In 2003 she once again won the Ukrainian championships, in 2004 the senior European championships and in 2005 the World championships in Latronico.

Dio Lequaglie

In 1993 he won the bronze medal at the first official European Championships in men's beach volleyball, partnering Andrea Ghiurghi.

Ed McKeever

In 2012 McKeever won the K1 200m event at the Word Cup in Poznan he also won the K1 200m at the European Championships in 2010 Trasona, Spain and the kayak World Cup race in Szeged, Hungary.

Eirik Verås Larsen

Together they won the 2009 European Championships at K2-1000 in Germany and finished 5th in the World Championships in Halifax later the same year.

Emanuel Silva

In 2004 he reached his first senior final, finishing in seventh place at the European championships in Poznań, Poland.

Equestrian vaulting

European Championships were first held in Ebreichsdorf, Austria in 1984, and the first FEI World Vaulting Championship was held in Bulle, Switzerland in 1986.

Ferenc Novák

His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

Gaz Choudhry

He was chosen in the All Star team for the European Championships in Adana, southern Turkey.

Ghenadie Tulbea

Moldova's prime minister Vasile Tarlev also congratulated him for his tremendous triumph at the European Championships, mentioning that "his success has finally made the country's image to the world and his performance has become a model for the young generation".

Ian Sagar

In 2011 he had his first success, at the 2011 European Championships in Nazareth, northern Israel.

Imre Pulai

Most assumed that would be the final medal of his long career, but in 2006 he made a comeback at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, winning a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

International History Bee and Bowl

In 2014, the European Championships will be held in Rome; the Asian Championships site is to be determined.

Jackie Groenen

On 6 March 2010 she won the gold medal in the under 17 age group in Tilburg, Netherlands and on the European level at the European championships in June 2010 in Teplice she won the bronze medal of the under 17 age group, weight class -40 kg.

John Wrighton

He won two gold medals at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden: in the men's individual 400 metres and in the 4x400 metres relay, alongside Edward Sampson, John MacIsaac, and John Salisbury.

Lia Dekker

A week before the European Championships, Dekker broke the national record in the 200 m breaststroke, which was set by Linda Moes during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Lošinj

Agostino Straulino (b. October 10, 1914 in Mali Lošinj; d. December 14, 2004 in Rome) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki) and one silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships (1949–56) and two world championships (1952–53) in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-class.

Maria Monica Merenciano

In 2001, Ufa hosted the European Championships, and Merenciano won a bronze in her weight class.

Markus Oscarsson

He returned to action in 2006 and won the K-1 1000 m bronze medal at the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic - the first individual medal of his senior career.

Martin Doktor

His most recent medal success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won the C-1 200 m silver medal.

Milan Đenadić

Meanwhile, he made his first appearance for Serbia in international competition at the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, finishing in 11th place in the K1 200m.

Morten Frost

During his tenure as coach, the Danish national squad achieved over 20 major international wins, including an Olympic gold medal in 1996, six gold medals and three silver medals at the European Championships in 1996, the men's singles titles at the 1995 and 1996 All England Championships, and a gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the World Championships in 1995.

Noemi Batki

She won her first medal aged 16 at the Juniores European Championships in Aachen, Germany, where she won the silver medal in the 3 metres springboard synchro competition, together with her mate Francesca Dallapè, and won the bronze medal in the platform event.

Oleg Gorobiy

In 2004 he joined the national Dragon boat squad as a helmsman, winning four gold medals at the 2004 European championships at Stockton-on-Tees, England.

Peter Finbow

In 2011, there was a victory at the 2011 European Championships, held in Nazareth, Israel.

Petr Procházka

At the age of forty-two, the evergreen Procházka and the C-4 200 m crew finished in fourth place at the 2006 European Championships held in Račice (where he now lives) in the Czech Republic.

Ponds Forge

The latter was in the heats of the European Championships on the 3 August 1993 when Károly Güttler of Hungary went 1.00.95 to set a new world mark in the 100 m breaststroke.

Rebekka Kadijk

They won the silver medal at the European Championships in Rhodos 1998 and a bronze medal in 2000.

Richard Glanfield

He became the world's youngest international squash coach aged 21 years old when coaching Cyprus at the European Championships 1986 Aix-en-Provence, France.

Ronald Rauhe

At the European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic he won three gold medals, retaining his K-2 500 m title, regaining the K-1 200 m crown from Pérez and winning the K-2 200 m for the first time in his career.

Simone Niggli-Luder

Since then, her palmarès has been impressive: she won a gold medal at the junior world championships in 1997, has been 20 times Swiss champion, won the Finnish championships once and the Swedish championships nine times, has won the world cup five times, and won seven gold medals at European championships and a total of 17 gold medals at world championships.

Suzanne Harmes

In 2002 she won the silver medal at the European Championships in Patras as a part of the Dutch team alongside Gabriella Wammes, Renske Endel, Monique Nuijten and Verona van de Leur.

Tereza Huříková

: 3rd European Championships (Cross-country race, U23), Sankt Wendel (GER)

The Porridge Men

In 2005, team GBR Figure-Skaters John and Sinead Kerr (from Scotland) chose three tracks from Planet Porridge as the soundtrack to their performances at the British Championships, the European Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Tim Brabants

However, he returned to action in 2006, winning the gold medal in Račice in the K-1 1000 m event at the European Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the World Championships in Szeged in August 2006, finishing just 0.06 seconds behind Sweden's Markus Oscarsson.

Tomasz Mendelski

He also won the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Poznań, Poland, finishing just in front of Spain's Jovino González.

Underwater rugby

In 1978, underwater rugby was officially recognized by the World Underwater Federation CMAS, and from 28 to 30 April 1978, the first European Championships took place in Malmö, Sweden, and from 15 to 18 May 1980, the first World Championships in Mülheim.

Vered Buskila

In 2000, she partnered with Nike Kornecki, and in 2001 they won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Ireland.

Viking Kayak Club

Viking has a proud record of producing some excellent paddlers, including C2 Slalom canoeist Etienne Stott, who with partner Tim Baillie has won medals at world cup events, the European Championships (Nottingham 2009) and came fourth at the 2009 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell.

Yurik Vardanyan

The following year, Vardanyan moved up to middle-heavyweight for a competition in Donetsk, in which he set all the division's world records, but decided to move back down to light heavyweight for the World and European Championships in Lille.