Nicole Trimmel
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Nicole Trimmel is an Austria
n kickboxer. She is a manifold World Champion and European Champion in Kickboxing
. Since 2004 she holds the title of Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year. In 2004 and 2005 she was awarded Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year. The following year, Trimmel received an Order of Merit by the Republic of Austria and by the Federal State Burgenland
respectively.
, Austria
to Anita and Walter Trimmel. Her brother is Roland Trimmel. Having spent the early years of her life in Vienna the family decided to move back to Oslip
, the parent’s hometown, in 1986.
The fascination of martial arts
took Nicole Trimmel already when being a small child. However, the path to kickboxing included a number of other sports, such as athletics and women’s soccer
, in which all of them she was successful. Only in 1997, when being in secondary school, she made her first experience in martial arts during a self-defence course. Enthusiasm aroused quickly, but it took until 1999 till Nicole Trimmel started her kickboxing career at KBC Rust.
Consequently, in 2002 she was called up to join the Austrian national team for kickboxing. The same year she started at the IAKSA World Championships in Kickboxing in Caorle
, Italy
. The fight for entry into the final was accompanied by nervousness - she lost, eventually.
In 2003 Trimmel changed to ASVÖ KBC Rohrbach, but remained loyal to coach Joachim Huber.
, U.S.
. As an underdog, she managed to score two Vice-World Champion titles in juniors- and general class. Again, a number of titles at national as well as international tournaments followed.
World Championships in Kickboxing in Basel
, Switzerland
. Nicole Trimmel made it straight to the final, where she went for World Champion in Kickboxing in discipline light contact. In addition, at the same event she scored twice as Vice-World Champion in Kickboxing in disciplines semi contact and team respectively.
Ever since Trimmel has shown a strong performance at national as well as international kickboxing tournaments: in 2005 she became threefold World Champion in Kickboxing at the IAKSA World Championships in Moscow
, Russia
– disciplines included team, hard- and semi contact. In 2006 only the WAKO European Championships in Kickboxing took place in Lisbon
, Portugal
, where she made it to Vice-European Champion in Kickboxing in discipline full contact. In 2007 she managed to become twice Vice-World Champion in Kickboxing in full- and light contact respectively. Since 2004 Nicole Trimmel has managed to become Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year correspondingly.
She has remained on top of the podium ever since, scoring gold and silver medals in the years following. As such, she currently holds the top spot in WAKO Pro-competitions - the highest professional level achievable in kickboxing - on a national and international level. This was further rounded off by becoming European Champion in 2010 - a first for Nicole Trimmel.
A complex knee injury kept her from competing in most competitions in 2011, however immediately after recovery she stepped to the top once more in becoming the World Champion in Kickboxing at the WAKO
Kickboxing Championships in Skopje
, Macedonia
.
These achievements were acknowledged by the vote for Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 Trimmel received the Silver Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria
, which was followed by the Golden Order of Merit of Federal State Burgenland
– both, for her achievements in sports and for representing the country internationally.
In a survey for ‘The Top 100 VIPs of Burgenland’ by the Austrian magazine News readers voted her on place 19 in February 2007.
Besides, Trimmel is developing a concept to bring the issues regarding climate change and environmental protection closer to people, in particular to children and youth.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n kickboxer. She is a manifold World Champion and European Champion in Kickboxing
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....
. Since 2004 she holds the title of Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year. In 2004 and 2005 she was awarded Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year. The following year, Trimmel received an Order of Merit by the Republic of Austria and by the Federal State Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
respectively.
Early life and education
Nicole Trimmel was born in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
to Anita and Walter Trimmel. Her brother is Roland Trimmel. Having spent the early years of her life in Vienna the family decided to move back to Oslip
Oslip
Oslip is a town in Burgenland, Austria, known for its viticulture. It lies in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district in the state of Burgenland.Oslip is known as Oszlop in Hungarian and Uzlop in Croatian.Oslip is located about 60 km south of Vienna....
, the parent’s hometown, in 1986.
The fascination of martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
took Nicole Trimmel already when being a small child. However, the path to kickboxing included a number of other sports, such as athletics and women’s soccer
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
, in which all of them she was successful. Only in 1997, when being in secondary school, she made her first experience in martial arts during a self-defence course. Enthusiasm aroused quickly, but it took until 1999 till Nicole Trimmel started her kickboxing career at KBC Rust.
Early career (1999–2003)
At KBC Rust coach Joachim Huber immediately recognised the talent of Nicole Trimmel for kickboxing. Thoroughly preparing her for the first national championship, she won the Austrian Youth Champion title on first attempt. Further achievements on national level followed.Consequently, in 2002 she was called up to join the Austrian national team for kickboxing. The same year she started at the IAKSA World Championships in Kickboxing in Caorle
Caorle
Caorle is a coastal town in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy, located between the estuaries of the Livenza and Lemene rivers. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea between two other famous touristic towns, Eraclea and Bibione.-History:...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The fight for entry into the final was accompanied by nervousness - she lost, eventually.
In 2003 Trimmel changed to ASVÖ KBC Rohrbach, but remained loyal to coach Joachim Huber.
Breakthrough (2003–2004)
The breakthrough came 2003 at the IAKSA World Championships in Kickboxing in Miami, FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As an underdog, she managed to score two Vice-World Champion titles in juniors- and general class. Again, a number of titles at national as well as international tournaments followed.
Critical success (2004–present)
The critical success came 2004 at the IAKSA / WKAWorld Kickboxing Association
The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....
World Championships in Kickboxing in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Nicole Trimmel made it straight to the final, where she went for World Champion in Kickboxing in discipline light contact. In addition, at the same event she scored twice as Vice-World Champion in Kickboxing in disciplines semi contact and team respectively.
Ever since Trimmel has shown a strong performance at national as well as international kickboxing tournaments: in 2005 she became threefold World Champion in Kickboxing at the IAKSA World Championships in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
– disciplines included team, hard- and semi contact. In 2006 only the WAKO European Championships in Kickboxing took place in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, where she made it to Vice-European Champion in Kickboxing in discipline full contact. In 2007 she managed to become twice Vice-World Champion in Kickboxing in full- and light contact respectively. Since 2004 Nicole Trimmel has managed to become Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year correspondingly.
She has remained on top of the podium ever since, scoring gold and silver medals in the years following. As such, she currently holds the top spot in WAKO Pro-competitions - the highest professional level achievable in kickboxing - on a national and international level. This was further rounded off by becoming European Champion in 2010 - a first for Nicole Trimmel.
A complex knee injury kept her from competing in most competitions in 2011, however immediately after recovery she stepped to the top once more in becoming the World Champion in Kickboxing at the WAKO
Wako
Wako, Wakō, Wakou, WAKO or W.A.K.O. can refer to:* Wako , a Japanese retailer whose best known store is in Ginza, Tokyo* Wakō, Saitama, a city in Japan* World Association of Kickboxing Organizations...
Kickboxing Championships in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
These achievements were acknowledged by the vote for Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 Trimmel received the Silver Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, which was followed by the Golden Order of Merit of Federal State Burgenland
Burgenland
Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
– both, for her achievements in sports and for representing the country internationally.
In a survey for ‘The Top 100 VIPs of Burgenland’ by the Austrian magazine News readers voted her on place 19 in February 2007.
Charitable work
Nicole Trimmel recently uses her popularity more publicly noticed to participate in charitable work targeted at children and youths. In 2007 she contributed as guest instructor to the Spark7 Slam Tour, an initiative to foster youths for (sports) exercise.Besides, Trimmel is developing a concept to bring the issues regarding climate change and environmental protection closer to people, in particular to children and youth.
Achievements
| Year | International | National |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | World Champion (Light-Contact) |
Austrian Champion (Light- and Semi-Contact) |
| 2010 | European Champion (Light-Contact) |
Austrian Champion (Light- and Semi-Contact) |
| 2009 | WAKO Pro World Champion (Full-Contact) |
Austrian Champion (Light- and Full-Contact) |
| 2008 | Vice-European Champion (Light contact) |
WAKO Pro Austria Champion (Full-Contact with Low-Kick) Austrian Champion (Light- and Semi-Contact) |
| 2007 | W.A.K.O. World Championships in Coimbra W.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... Vice-Champion (Full-Contact) W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Belgrade) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade were the joint 16th edition of the W.A.K.O. world championships - the second event would be held later that year in Coimbra, Portugal. They were for amateur male and female kickboxers and covered the following categories; K-1, Low-Kick and Light-Contact... Vice-Champion (Light-Contact) |
Austrian Champion (Light-, Semi- and Full-Contact, Low-Kick) |
| 2006 | W.A.K.O. European Championships in Lisbon W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 were the joint eighteenth European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the second to be held in Portugal and the city of Lisbon... Vice-Champion (Full-Contact) W.A.K.O. European Championships in Skopje W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Skopje) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje were the joint eighteenth European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization... 3rd Place (Light-Contact) |
Austrian Champion (Hard-, Light- and Full-Contact) |
| 2005 | World Champion (Team, Hard- and Semi contact) |
Austrian Champion (Hard-, Light- and Full-Contact) |
| 2004 | World Champion (Light-Contact) Vice-World Champion (Team and Semi contact) |
Austrian Champion (Semi-Contact) |
| 2003 | Vice-World Champion (Semi-Contact) |
Austrian Vice-Champion (Semi-Contact) |
Awards
- Golden Order of Merit of Federal State BurgenlandBurgenlandBurgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...
- Silver Order of Merit of the Republic of AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year 2005
- Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year 2004
See also
- KickboxingKickboxingKickboxing 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....
- Martial artsMartial artsMartial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
- List of Austrians
- List of female kickboxers
External links
- Nicole Trimmel - Official website
- Nicole Trimmel - Video of Nicole Trimmel at Austrian Classics, Wörgl
- Sportpool Burgenland - Directory of athletes
- WAKO - World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
- WKA - World Kickboxing Association