Marko Tomasovic (boxer)
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Marko Tomasović is a Croatia
n boxer and kickboxer, best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He is 185 centimetre tall and weights 99 kg (218.3 lb).
World Amateur Kickboxing Championships in Szeged, Hungary
where he made it to the final of the heavyweight division (91 kg/200.2 lbs
) in Full-Contact
- only to lose out on a gold medal against Denys Simkin. As an amateur boxer in 2007 Marko made it to the 2007 World Championships where he lost his first bout to David Price
. He also returned to kickboxing that year with W.A.K.O. for the world championships in Coimbra, Portugal
making the final of the super heavyweight division and winning a silver medal. At the Olympic qualifications he defeated Kurban Günebakan
, got a walkover over Magomed Abdusalamov
and surprisingly beat Robert Helenius
16:7, thus qualifying for Beijing. In Beijing at the Summer Olympics he ran right into Italian world champion Roberto Cammarelle
and lost his debut.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n boxer and kickboxer, best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He is 185 centimetre tall and weights 99 kg (218.3 lb).
Career
In 2005 Marko entered the W.A.K.O.World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
World Amateur Kickboxing Championships in Szeged, Hungary
Szeged
' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....
where he made it to the final of the heavyweight division (91 kg/200.2 lbs
Pound (mass)
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...
) in Full-Contact
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
- only to lose out on a gold medal against Denys Simkin. As an amateur boxer in 2007 Marko made it to the 2007 World Championships where he lost his first bout to David Price
David Price (boxer)
David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...
. He also returned to kickboxing that year with W.A.K.O. for the world championships in Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
making the final of the super heavyweight division and winning a silver medal. At the Olympic qualifications he defeated Kurban Günebakan
Kurban Günebakan
Kurban Günebakan is a Turkish amateur boxer best known to win the Bronze medal at the European Championships 2006 at super heavyweight....
, got a walkover over Magomed Abdusalamov
Magomed Abdusalamov
Magomed Abdusalamov is a Russian heavyweight boxer best known to become Russian amateur champion 2005 and 2006 at super heavyweight.-Amateur:...
and surprisingly beat Robert Helenius
Robert Helenius
Robert "The Nordic Nightmare" Helenius is a Finnish professional Heavyweight boxer. As an amateur he won Silver at the European Championships 2006 at super heavyweight...
16:7, thus qualifying for Beijing. In Beijing at the Summer Olympics he ran right into Italian world champion Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 and 2009 as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Biography:...
and lost his debut.
Titles
Amateur KickboxingKickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
- 2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Coimbra, PortugalW.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Coimbra)W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra were the joint 16th edition of the W.A.K.O. world championships and was the second event . The championships were for amateur male and female kickboxers and martial artists, covering the following categories; Full-Contact, Semi-Contact, Musical Forms...
+91 kg (Full-Contact) - 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Szeged, HungaryW.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)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...
-91 kg (Full-Contact)