Shemsi Beqiri (born May 3, 1986) is an Albanian-Swiss Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 kickboxer

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....

. He is the current Klash tournament World champion in WKA 72+.

Biography and career

Beqiri was born on 3 May 1986 in Vitina

Vitina

Vitina is a town and municipality in the Gnjilane district of south-eastern Kosovo.-Geography:Towns in the Vitina municipality include Pozhoran, Kabash, Binqa, Kllokot, Drobesh, Smirë, etc.-History:...

, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He emigrated to 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....

 at five years old and started practicing Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 at the age of 16. Beqiri resides in Basel, Switzerland and trains at Super Pro sportcenter Basel. His trainer and manager is Dennis Krauweel.

Titles

• 2011 Super Pro 4 Men Tournament Champion (70 kg)
• 2010 KLASH 8 Men Tournament Finalist (72.5 kg)
• 2010 WKA World Champion Kickboxing (72.5 kg)
• 2010 KLASH 8 Men Tournament Champion (72.5 kg)
• 2009 WFC World Champion Thaiboxing (72.5 kg)
• 2009 WFCA World Champion Thaiboxing (69.9 kg)
• 2009 8 Men Tournament Champion Hamburg (72.5 kg)
• 2008 WKA World Champion Kickboxing (67 kg)
• 2008 WFC European Champion K-1 Rules (66.6 kg)
• 2007 WFC European Champion K-1 Rules (66.6 kg)
• 2006 S-1 Tournament Finalist Muay Thai (72.5 kg)
• 2005 MTA Vize European Champion Muay Thai (65 kg)
• 2004 WPKC European Champion Kickboxing (-63.5 kg)
• 2004 WPKC Swiss Champion Thaiboxing (-63.5 kg)
• 2004 SKBV Swiss Champion Kickboxing (-63.5 kg)

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
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