Ukraine’s Veronika Marchenko claimed two gold medals on the final day in Nottingham ©Dutchtarget.com

Ukraine’s Veronika Marchenko helped her nation clinch the women’s recurve team title before she earned her maiden individual crown on the final day of the European Archery Championships in Nottingham.

Russia denied the host nation a dream end to the competition with a shoot-off victory in the men’s recurve final, while Frenchman Jean-Charles Valladont took the individual honours on a thrilling day of action in the British city.

The Ukrainian women’s recurve side, made up of Marchenko, Lidiia Sichenikova and Anastasia Pavlova, were in superb form as they powered to gold with a 6-0 thrashing of Georgia in the final.

The third seeds had earlier overcome Estonia before they swept aside Italy to set up a meeting with Germany in the last four, which proved to be a close contest as they needed a shoot-off to reach the gold medal clash.

Germany managed to recover from the disappointing defeat, beating Britain 6-2 to earn bronze.

Clearly buoyed by the team success, Marchenko then went on to wrap up the individual title as she stunned top seed Tuiana Dashidorzhieva 7-1 to finish at the summit of the European podium for the first time in her career.

The Ukrainian proved too strong for 12th seeded German Lisa Unruh in the last four as she progressed to the final with a 6-2 win to ensure she went on to clash with the Russian.

Jean Charles Valladont secured gold in the men's individual recurve tournament
Jean Charles Valladont secured gold in the men's individual recurve tournament ©Dutchtarget.com

Despite heading into the gold medal match as the underdog, Marchenko took control early and never relented on her way to the title.

Unruh added another German bronze by ousting Marchenko’s team-mate Pavlova 6-4.

“I really wanted to win this medal, it’s the first time I’ve won individually,” she said.

“I’ve been shooting for a long time and in teams I can do it well, but individually I struggle a bit.

“It’s important for me to win, especially this year.”

Russia were able to finish the Championships in golden fashion thanks to their men’s recurve outfit, who ended British hopes of the title with a slender 5-4 triumph in the final.

Bronze went the way of Belgium as they beat Spain by the same scoreline.

Valladont justified his status as the top men’s seed as he battled to a 6-4 success against Turkey’s 16-year-old sensation Mete Gazoz for individual gold.

Patrick Huston put smiles on the faces of the crowd in Nottingham by beating Lucas Daniel of France 6-2 to secure bronze.