Odesa athletes brought home five medals from the European Karate Championship held from February 6 to 8 in Limassol, Cyprus.

Approximately 1200 competitors from 40 countries participated in the event.

Students from Odesa's sports schools and representatives of the All-Ukrainian Karate Federation demonstrated outstanding results.

Maxim Večkanov from Sports School No. 15 became the European champion. This is Maxim's third medal at the youth European championship (previously – gold in 2025 and silver in 2024 among cadets).

Hanna Maistreko, also from Sports School No. 15, won a silver medal.

Silver medals were earned by Vladislav Rudenko (Sports School No. 16), Serhiy Stankov (SK “Legion”), and Ulyana Baranova (SK “Okinawa”) – this is their second medal at such competitions. In 2024, Serhiy won gold among cadets, while Ulyana and Vladislav secured bronze among juniors in 2025.

Maxim Večkanov and Ulyana Baranova headed straight from the European championship to Fujairah (UAE) to participate in the world karate league.

The athletes were coached by: Volodymyr Zaretskyi, Oleksiy Konovalov, along with instructors Volodymyr Holoveshko, Dmytro Negaturov, Denys Sustretov, Orkhan Yusifov, and Ruslan Khomutenko.