2026 European Taekwondo Championships: full results, medalists and Armenia’s performance

The 2026 European Taekwondo Championships concluded on May 14 in Munich. The tournament was held from May 11 to 14 in Germany at BMW Park München and became one of the last major events before the start of the Olympic qualification cycle, which begins on June 1, 2026.

Armenia was represented by three athletes. Unfortunately, the Armenian taekwondo athletes were unable to win a bout at the tournament.

Armenia’s results

Alex Melikyan competed in the men’s under 54 kg weight category. In his opening bout, he lost to a representative of Croatia with a score of 1:2.

Sargis Muradyan competed in the under 63 kg category and also ended his campaign after the first bout, losing to a Croatian athlete with a score of 1:2.

Armen Danielyan competed in the under 74 kg weight category. In his opening bout, he lost to a representative of Italy with a score of 0:2.

At the same time, none of the opponents of the Armenian athletes managed to advance past the next round, so the Armenian representatives did not get a chance to return to the competition through repechage bouts.

Medal standings of the 2026 European Championships

Turkey became the top team of the tournament, winning 8 medals, including 3 golds. Belarus finished second, also with 3 gold medals. Hungary, Spain and Great Britain also made it into the top five.

Turkey — 3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze
Belarus — 3 gold, 1 bronze
Hungary — 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
Spain — 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
Great Britain — 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze

All medalists of the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships

Men

Under 54 kg

Gold: Jairo Agenjo Trigos, Spain
Silver: Gaetano Cirillo, Italy
Bronze: Aristidis Parros, Greece
Bronze: Hristiyan Georgiev, Bulgaria

Under 58 kg

Gold: Georgiy Gurtsiev, Belarus
Silver: Abderrahman Touiar, Italy
Bronze: Enes Kaplan, Turkey
Bronze: Konstantinos Dimitropoulos, Greece

Under 63 kg

Gold: Kristian Storsul Borgen, Norway
Silver: Cyrian Ravet, France
Bronze: Ludovico Iurlaro, Italy
Bronze: Omar Salim, Hungary

Under 68 kg

Gold: Berkay Erer, Turkey
Silver: Volodymyr Bystrov, Ukraine
Bronze: Dennis Baretta, Italy
Bronze: Matthew Howell, Great Britain

Under 74 kg

Gold: Stefan Takov, Serbia
Silver: Zurab Kintsurashvili, Georgia
Bronze: Marko Golubic, Croatia
Bronze: Javad Aghayev, Azerbaijan

Under 80 kg

Gold: Raman Turavinau, Belarus
Silver: Kyrylo Khurnov, Ukraine
Bronze: Leon Hrgota, Croatia
Bronze: Ioannis Papadopoulos, Greece

Under 87 kg

Gold: Szymon Piątkowski, Poland
Silver: Sergio Amedo, Spain
Bronze: Vasileios Toliotis, Greece
Bronze: Artem Kharbar, Ukraine

Over 87 kg

Gold: Caden Cunningham, Great Britain
Silver: Ivan Garcia, Spain
Bronze: Artsiom Plonis, Belarus
Bronze: Ivan Šapina, Croatia

Women

Under 46 kg

Gold: Kamilah Salim, Hungary
Silver: Emine Gogebakan, Turkey
Bronze: Rivka Bayech, Israel
Bronze: Liliana Balla, Germany

Under 49 kg

Gold: Elif Sude Akgul, Turkey
Silver: Andrea Bokan, Serbia
Bronze: Mathilde Fofana, France
Bronze: Adriana Cerezo, Spain

Under 53 kg

Gold: Merve Dincel, Turkey
Silver: Erika Karabeleva, Bulgaria
Bronze: Magdalini Kakala, Greece
Bronze: Jodie McKewen, Great Britain

Under 57 kg

Gold: Yuliya Vitko, Belarus
Silver: Nika Karabatic, Croatia
Bronze: Luca Patakfalvy, Hungary
Bronze: Hatice Kubra Ilgun, Turkey

Under 62 kg

Gold: Viviana Marton, Hungary
Silver: Elsa Sekanell, Spain
Bronze: Julia Spak, Poland
Bronze: Petra Stolbova, Czech Republic

Under 67 kg

Gold: Styliani Marentaki, Greece
Silver: Luana Marton, Hungary
Bronze: Aleksandra Perisic, Serbia
Bronze: Andrea Berishaj, Montenegro

Under 73 kg

Gold: Sarah Chaari, Belgium
Silver: Sude Uzuncavdar, Turkey
Bronze: Magda Wiet-Henin, France
Bronze: Rebecca McGowan, Great Britain

Over 73 kg

Gold: Lorena Brandl, Germany
Silver: Lauren Williams, Great Britain
Bronze: Nafia Kus, Turkey
Bronze: Dagmara Haremza, Poland

Armenia finished the tournament without medals

For the Armenian national team, the European Championships in Munich turned out to be unsuccessful. All three athletes ended their campaigns after their opening bouts, while the team remained without wins or medals.

The next important stage for Armenian taekwondo athletes will be the Olympic qualification cycle. It starts on June 1, 2026, and that is where the fight for ranking points and Olympic qualification spots will come to the forefront.