The 46th European Karate Senior Championships were held from May 6-8, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. On the first day of competition, Spain's Yaiza Martin Abello won the female kata event. France's Nadege Ait Ibrahim placed first in the women's 68+ kg kumite. In the men's events, Italy's Luca Valdesi won kata and Serbia's Slobodan Bitevic placed first in the -84 kg kumite. On the second day of competition, Turkey's Serap Ozcelik won the women's -50 kg kumite and North Macedonia's Natasha Ilievska placed first in the -55 kg