W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)

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W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)
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The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged).
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
Date28 November (Start)
5 December 2005 (End)
VenueVárosi Sportcsarnok
CityHungary Szeged, Hungary
Attendance4,000
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon)

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 in Szeged were the joint fifteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the third ever to be held in Hungary - with the other event having been held a couple of months earlier in Agadir, Morocco. The championships in Szeged were open to amateur men and women from across the world with around 720 athletes from 48 countries across five continents taking part.[1]

There were four styles on offer at Szeged; Full-Contact, Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Aero-Kickboxing. The other styles (Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms) were held at the Agadir event. By the end of the championships, Russia were the strongest nation overall, followed closely by hosts Hungary, with Italy in third place. The event was held at the Városi Sportcsarnok in Szeged, Hungary on Monday, 28 November to Monday, 5 December 2005 in front of a crowd of around 4,000.[2]

Participating Nations[]

There were around 48 nations from five continents across the world participating at the 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Szeged including:[3]

           

Full-Contact[]

Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants are allowed to throw punches and kicks at full force at legal targets above the waist. Victories are usually achieved via a point's decision or referee stoppage (e.g. KO/TKO) and as with most other forms of amateur kickboxing, all participants must wear the required head and body protection. More information on Full-Contact kickboxing and the rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[4] Both men and women had competitions at Szegad, with the men having twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs and the women seven, ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 70 kg/+143 lbs.

Despite there not being as many familiar faces taking part in the style as in the past, there were a number of double winners who had won at the last European championships in Budva, with Zurab Faroyan and Daniel Martins picking up gold medals. There were also several winners who had won at the 2003 world championships in Paris with Jere Reinikainen and Karolina Lukasik winning gold, while Igor Kulbaev did even better by picking up his third gold medal in a row at a W.A.K.O. championships having also won at Budva and Paris. Regular leaders Russia were once again the top nation in Full-Contact, winning six gold, four silver and five bronze medals in both the male and female categories.[5][6]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Iwan Bityutskikh Russia Almhid Mntsar Syria Joaquín Céspedes Salas Spain
Amir Tnalin Kazakhstan
Bantamweight -54 kg Gabor Aburko Hungary Igor Pavlenko Ukraine Mokhmad Betmirzaev Russia
Tomasz Makowski Poland
Featherweight -57 kg Zurab Faroyan Russia Rkaibi Mounir Morocco Nurbolat Rysmagambetov Kazakhstan
Hosseim Azimi Zamen Iran
Lightweight -60 kg Daniel Martins France Sandor Kornel Hungary Zlatomir Dimitrov Bulgaria
Evgeniy Khil Russia
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Arild Mikarlsen Norway Biagio Tralli Italy Olexandr Gibert Ukraine
Abdukhalim Bakhtiyev Kazakhstan
Welterweight -67 kg Jere Reinikainen Finland Eldin Raonic Bosnia and Herzegovina Michelle Manzoni Italy
Pavel Tarik Russia
Light Middleweight -71 kg Igor Kulbaev Russia Mariusz Ziętek Poland Dmytro Yatskov Ukraine
Robert Arvai Hungary
Middleweight -75 kg Azamat Belgibaev Kazakhstan Mhiyaoui Azzeddine Morocco Martin Nachev Bulgaria
Manuchari Pipiya Russia
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Denis Grachev Russia Mamadou Traoré France David Nogode Slovenia
Almat Serimon Kazakhstan
Cruiserweight -86 kg Stephen Thompson United States Sergey Bodgan Russia Jonathan Gromark Sweden
Mairis Briedis Latvia
Heavyweight -91 kg Denys Simkin Ukraine Marko Tomasović Croatia Yerzhan Shegenov Kazakhstan
Balazs Varga Hungary
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Yuri Abramov Russia Michal Wszelak Poland Kenan Akbulat Germany
Jukka Saarinen Finland

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Valeria Calabrese Italy Jenny Hardingz Sweden Helena Kalinowski Germany
Nawal Bouzlaf Morocco
-52 kg Fatma Akyüz Germany Anna Krivoguzova Russia Maris Joeveer Estonia
Mette Solli Norway
-56 kg Zsuzsanna Szuknai Hungary Lidia Andreeva Russia Jutta Nordberg Finland
Natalie Kalinowski Germany
-60 kg Monika Florek Poland Olga Zyk Russia Valeriya Kurlyuk Kazakhstan
Sanja Samardzic Bosnia and Herzegovina
-65 kg Vera Avdeeva Russia Anne Katas Finland Chiara Mandelli Italy
Rita Parkanyi Hungary
-70 kg Karolina Lukasik Poland Nives Radic Croatia Elena Solareva Russia
Tetyana Ivashchenko Ukraine
+70 kg Samira El Haddad Morocco Jenna Droluk United States Adina Cocieru Romania
Galina Ivanova Russia

Light-Contact[]

Light-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants can aim kicks and punches thrown with moderate force at legal targets above the waist. It is less physical than Full-Contact but more so than Semi-Contact and is often seen as a transitional stage by fighters wishing to eventually move on to fully physical competition. Most fights are settled by a point's decision although stoppages can occur and like with other forms of amateur kickboxing, head and body protection must be worn. More information on Light-Contact can be found at the W.A.K.O. website.[7] At Szeged the men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six, ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs.

While not full of Nnticeable names there were a few stand out winners in Light-Contact with James Stewart and Tonje Sørlie winning two gold medals at the same championships (they would win in Semi-Contact as well) and regular winners Zoltan Dancso, Klara Morton and Nusa Rajher also picking up winners medals. By the end of the event Hungary were the strongest country in Light-Contact, winning four gold, four silver and two bronze medals.[8][9]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Maxim Aysin Russia Dezső Debreczeni Hungary Bakyttay Aukenov Kazakhstan
Przemyslaw Rekowski Poland
-63 kg Evgeny Mayer Russia Sándor Szántó Hungary Bengt Karlsson Sweden
Kostyantyn Demoretskyy Ukraine
-69 kg Ruslan Ishmakov Russia Gregory Larbi France Rudolf Grega Slovenia
Timur Hamidullin Estonia
-74 kg Ales Zemljic Slovenia Jerzy Wronski Poland Mario Butschkat Germany
Oliver Stricz Hungary
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso Hungary Christophe Touzeau France Konstantin Seitov Russia
Andrea Primitivi Italy
-84 kg Jeno Novak Hungary Mariusz Niziolek Poland Fabian Fingerhut Germany
Marat Pukhaev Russia
-89 kg Michael Reinbold Germany Gavin Williamson United Kingdom Wojciech Myslinski Poland
Tibor Wappel Hungary
-94 kg Christian Schulz Germany Agostino Pavesi Italy Vladimir Celar Croatia
Bartłomiej Bocian Poland
+94 kg James Stewart Canada Rishat Kabirov Russia Merlin Gehrt Germany
Mark Graden United States

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Reka Krempf Hungary Alexandra Kibanova Russia Heidi Williamsson Sweden
Florence Zaaboula France
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie Norway Roxane Laszak France Christina McMahon Republic of Ireland
Żaneta Cieśla Poland
-60 kg Klara Marton Hungary Julie McHale Republic of Ireland Julia Göldner Germany
Sara Reale Italy
-65 kg Katarzyna Furmaniak Poland Marianna Hudak Hungary Sabina Sehic Slovenia
Louise Dixon United Kingdom
-70 kg Nusa Rajher Slovenia Ivett Pruzsinszky Hungary Katja Moehle Germany
Karoline Ek Sweden
+70 kg Mieke Hink United Kingdom Oxana Kinakh Russia Stefanie Hildebrandt Germany
Szabina Domokos Croatia

Semi-Contact[]

Semi-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants are allowed to punch and kick one another at legal targets above the waist with minimal force being applied. Almost all matches are settled by a point's decision with the judges scoring on the basis of speed, technique and skill with power prohibited. Despite the less physical nature of the style, various head and body protection is mandatory. More information on Semi-Contact can be found at the W.A.K.O. website.[10] As with Light-Contact the men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six, ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs.

Although not exactly full of glamorous names there were nevertheless several notable winners in Semi-Contact with James Stewart and Tonje Sørlie winning two gold medals at the same championships (they would win in Light-Contact as well) and regular winners Dezső Debreczeni, Gregorio Di Leo (third gold medal in a row) and Luisa Lico also picking up winners medals. By the end of the championships, as with Light-Contact, Hungary were the strongest nation in Semi-Contact beating stiff competition from Italy, winning three golds, three silvers and two bronze medals.[11][12]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni Hungary Maxim Aysin Russia Miroslav Grgic Croatia
Piotr Bakowski Poland
-63 kg Adriano Passoro Italy Viktor Hirsch Hungary Robert Haugh Republic of Ireland
Philippe Rossi France
-69 kg Gregorio Di Leo Italy Christian Boujibar Switzerland Krisztian Jaroszkievicz Hungary
Daniel Harrison United Kingdom
-74 kg Alexander Lane United States Jacey Cashman United Kingdom Robert McMenamy Republic of Ireland
Bjorn Baert Belgium
-79 kg Jason Brown Canada Kurt Baert Belgium Neri Stella Italy
Faton Rexhaj Germany
-84 kg Zvonimir Gribl Croatia Robert Knödelseder Germany Christoph Steinlechner Austria
Drew Neal United Kingdom
-89 kg Peter Ciskos Hungary Joseph Greenhalgh United States Marko Desa Croatia
David Heffernan Republic of Ireland
-94 kg Pero Gazilj Croatia Colin O'Shaughnessy Republic of Ireland Andrea Ongaro Italy
Mark Brown United Kingdom
+94 kg James Stewart Canada Daniel Haendel Germany Marco Culiersi Italy
Seppi Patterer Austria

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Fadeeva Svetlana Russia Samantha Aquilano Italy Reka Krempf Hungary
Andreja Ivas Croatia
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie Norway Betty Kovacs Hungary Dorota Godzina Poland
Galani Panagiota Greece
-60 kg Luisa Lico Italy Carolin Pitzke Germany Christina Szytenchelm Poland
Vedrana Halincic Croatia
-65 kg Elaine Small Republic of Ireland Barbara Szendrei Hungary Patricia Berlingieri Switzerland
Lisa Boardman United Kingdom
-70 kg Natalie Cassidy Republic of Ireland Ana Znaor Croatia Ivett Pruzsinszky Hungary
Adelaide Callegari Italy
+70 kg Barbara Kovacs Hungary Oxana Kinakh Russia Sonya Coakley-Hanan Republic of Ireland
Romina Succi Italy

Aero-Kickboxing[]

Overall medals standing (top 5)[]

Ranking Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
1 Russia Russia 10 9 6
2 Hungary Hungary 9 8 7
3 Italy Italy 4 3 9
4 Poland Poland 3 4 9
5 Germany Germany 3 3 10

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Official Results (Dates etc)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "MONDIALI WAKO IN UNGHERIA (In Italian - list of nations)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Official Results (Male/Female Full-Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Mistrzostwa świata, Szeged, Węgry, 29.11–4.12 Kobiety/Mężczyźni, full contact (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ^ "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Official Results (Male/Female Light-Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Mistrzostwa świata, Szeged, Węgry, 29.11–4.12 Kobiety/Mężczyźni, light contact (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Official Results (Male/Female Semi-Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Mistrzostwa świata, Szeged, Węgry, 29.11–4.12 Kobiety/Mężczyźni, semi contact (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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