Greece is European champion for the 3rd year in a row, winning 43 gold medals

Greece was crowned European champion in Tae Kwon Do in 2024 as well.
The 2024 Pan European Championship in Koper, Slovenia has ended. Our National team managed to win the first place in the general ranking among thirty-two (32) countries, winning 43 gold, 32 silver and 44 bronze medals.

The Board of Directors of the Tae Kwon Do Sports Federation of Greece congratulates all athletes for their participation, their competitiveness and their excellent sportsmanship. The careful and excellent work by all the unions together with the support of the federation brings our country to the top of Europe in the ITF Tae Kwon Do sport for the third year in a row, as was done in 2022 in Croatia and in 2023 in Italy.

Detailed medals and awards of our National team in Koper:

Men – Women
1st place in the General ranking and Men’s MVP Triantafyllos Karvounis

16 Gold medals
Men
● Marinis Stylianos (Tool 1 Dan) ● Dakoulas Georgios (Tool 2 Dan) ● Karvounis Triantafyllos (Tool 3 Dan) ● Koutounidis Angelos (Battle -78k.) ● Team Tool ● Team Battle
Women
● Liva Vasiliki (Tul 1 Dan) ● Tsiuma Fotini (Tul 3 Dan) ● Tsatalbasidou Eleni (Tul 4 Dan) ● Stefanoudaki Kalliopi (Machi -57m.) ● Papadioti Aikaterini (Machi -62m.) ● Stefanidou Marianthi (Machi -67m. ) ● Christina Kariofyllidou (Fight -77kg) ● Tselekoglou Paraskevi (Fight +77kg) ● Vidali Kalliopi-Eleanna (Strength Tests) ● Team Strength Tests

13 Silver medals
Men
● Netkidis Konstantinos (Tul 2 Dan) ● Leonidis Lazaros (Fight -52k.) ● Vallianos Sokratis (Fight -64k.) ● Karvounis Triantafyllos (Fight -71k.) ● Vallianos Sokratis (Special Techniques) ● Self-defense
Women
● Katostara Fotini (Tul 3 Dan) ● Vetsika Stefania (Fight -47k.) ● Duka Katerina-Milia (Fight -57k.) ● Kalkitsa Elissavet (Fight -67k.) ● Team Tool ● Team Special Techniques ● Self Defense

15 bronze medals
Men
● Tzekakis Antonios (Tul 1 Dan) ● Machairidis Ioannis (Battle -58k.) ● Bairas Georgios (Battle -64k.) ● Konstantinos Pamporis (Battle -71k.) ● Batgidis Panagiotis (Battle -92k.) ● Pouftis Emmanuel (Battle + 92k) ● Special Techniques Team ● Combat Team
Women
● Vrakas Zoi (Tul 1 Dan) ● Karydi Lina-Christina (Tul 4 Dan) ● Leonidou Varvara (Battle -47k.) ● Konstantina Kamtsoglou (Battle -72k.) ● Demogiannis Paraskevi (Battle -77k.) ● Tselekoglou Rafaelia (Battle +77k.) ● Team Battle

Young Men – Young Women
1st place in the General classification of Young Men – Young Women and Young Men MVP Angelos Theocharidis and Young Women MVP Paraskevi Livadiotou

20 Gold Medals
New Men ● Theocharidis Angelos (Tul 1 Dan) ● Vetsikas Dimitrios (Battle -57kg.) ● Stefanos Gortsopoulos (Battle -63kg.) ● Kotsonouris-Kokkinis Georgios (Battle -69kg.) ● Ouzounis Sokratis (Battle -75kg.) ● Markadas Konstantinos (Combat +75k.) ● Theocharidis Angelos (Special Techniques) ● Team Battle
New Women
● Damianaki Chariklia-Rafaela (Tul 3 Dan) ● Sekerka Andromachi (Battle -40k.) ● Andrieli Dimitra (Battle -46k.) ● Despina Konstantinidou (Battle -52k.) ● Samara Maria (Battle -58k.) ● Avramidou Nefeli ( Combat -64k.) ● Kiskini Olga (Combat +70k.) ● Livadiotou Paraskevi (Special Techniques) ● Team Tool ● Team Combat ● Team Special Techniques ● Self Defense

11 Silver medals
Young Men ● Vetsikas Dimitrios (Tool 3 Dan) ● Netkidis Stavros (Fight -51k.) ● Theocharidis Angelos (Fight +75k.) ● Team Tool ● Self Defense
New Women ● Livadiotou Paraskevi (Tul 2 Dan) ● Nistikakis Theophilakti (Tul 3 Dan) ● Tsiuki Eleni-Maria (Battle -40k.) ● Hatzi Barie (Battle -46k.) ● Bura Marianthi (Battle -70k.) ● Pappa Kastania (Combat +70k)

11 Bronze medals
New Men ● Pehlivanidis Nikitas (Tul 2 Dan) ● Akalidis Georgios (Tul 3 Dan) ● Bairas Evangelos (Fight -57k.) ● Tourlos Nikolaos (Fight -63k.) ● Farazas Evangelos (Fight -75k.) ● Kalogris Alexios (Special Techniques)
New Women ● Papadopoulou Olga-Ariadni (Tul 1 Dan) ● Krasanaki Efrosyni (Fight -52k.) ● Livadiotou Paraskevi (Fight -58k.) ● Tantsi Aikaterini (Fight -70k.) ● Anna Tokmakidou (Special Techniques)

Teenagers – Teens
2nd place in the General classification of Teenagers – Juniors

8 Gold medals
Teenagers ● Klontzas Ioannis (Tul 2 Dan)
Neanides ● Symeonidou Christina (Combat -40k.) ● Kanasis Dimitra (Combat -45k.) ● Pinaka Ioanna (Combat -65k.) ● Saxioni Konstantina (Combat +65k.) ● Team Tool ● Team Combat ● Team Special Techniques

7 Silver medals
Teenagers ● Kolios Stavros (Combat -55k.) ● Kalambakas Christos (Combat +70k.) ● Team Tool ● Team Battle ● Self Defense
Young women ● Theodosiadou Ioanna (Battle -65 BC) ● Self-defense

13 Bronze medals
Teenagers ● Aspiotis Vasilios (Tul 2 Dan) ● Mertzanis Athanasios (Battle -45k.) ● Asvestopoulos Iakovos (Battle -50k.) ● Katsimanis Pavlos (Battle -65k.) ● Kolovos Nikolaos (Battle -65k.) ● Puftis Marios (Battle -70k.) ● Michael Samaras (Battle +70k.)
Neanides ● Poturidou Agapi (Tul 1 Dan) ● Vasiliadou Lefkothea–Ino (Tul 2 Dan) ● Karipidou Varvara (Tul 2 Dan) ● Konstantina Spyrou (Battle -50k.) ● Dede Konstantina (Battle -60k.) ● Theodorou Despina (Battle +65k.)

Veterans
3rd place in the General Ranking of Veterans

5 Gold medals
Veteran Men ● Dimitriadis Panagiotis (Tul 6 Dan) ● Konstantinos Kalaitzakis (Battle -87k.)
Veteran Women ● Kostopoulou Ioanna (Tul 5 Dan) ● Mavromati Eleni (Tul 6 Dan) ● Kostopoulou Ioanna (Battle -75k.)

6 Silver medals
Veteran Men ● Dimitriadis Panagiotis (Battle -73kg) ● Konstantinidis Kyriakos (Battle -80kg) ● Pavlidis Aristides (Battle +90kg) ● Ioannidis Ioannis (Battle +94kg) ● Team Tool ● Team Battle

5 Bronze medals
Veteran Men ● Petros Sidiropoulos (Tool 6 Dan) ● Ilias Parotidis (Battle -73kg) ● Petros Sidiropoulos (Battle -90kg) ● Ioannidis Ioannis (Special Strength Tests) ● Team Strength Tests

The mission was accompanied by 7 referees and 5 members of the Board of Directors of AOTE. The referees: Georgios Papadiotis, Dimitris Katirtsidis, Stelios Kanakis, Efthimios Vetsikas, Vaia Charalambidou, Dimitra Toganidou and Ioannis Lykousas. The members of AOTE: Pantelis Papadopoulos (Chief of Mission – 2nd Vice President of AOTE), Dimitris Kagiabinis (Team Leader, 1st Vice President of AOTE), Ioannis Anastasiou (Team Leader, 3rd Vice President of AOTE), Michael Zografos (President of AOTE) and Anastasios Valasiadis (Vice-President of the Pan-European Federation and President of the TE of AOTE).