W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 (Paris)
Encyclopedia
W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 in Paris were the joint fourteenth world championships held by 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...

 and the first ever to be held in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. The other (joint) world championships were to be held in November of the same year in Yalta, Ukraine
Yalta
Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...

. The event was open to amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

 men and women with around 780 athletes from 63 countries across the world taking part.

There were four styles on offer at Paris; Full-Contact, Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Aero-Kickboxing. The other W.A.K.O. styles (Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing
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...

 and Musical Forms) would be held at the second event later in the year at Yalta
Yalta
Yalta is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea.The city is located on the site of an ancient Greek colony, said to have been founded by Greek sailors who were looking for a safe shore on which to land. It is situated on a deep bay facing south towards the Black...

. By the end of the championships, 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...

 was the strongest nation in terms of medals won, with Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 in second and 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...

 in third. The event was held between five days at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan in Paris, France, starting on Tuesday, October 21 and finishing on Sunday, October 26, 2003.

Full-Contact

Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where strikes above the waist are allowed to be thrown at full force, with wins usually occurring either via knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

 or by a point’s decision. As with most other forms of amateur kickboxing all contestants must wear head and body protection. More information on the rules can be found at the official W.A.K.O. website. At Paris the men had twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 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...

 to over 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...

, while the women had seven ranging from 48 kg/105.6 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...

 to over 70 kg/+143 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...

. Notable winners included a young Muamer Hukić
Marco Huck
Marco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...

 (more commonly known as the cruiserweight boxing champion Marco Huck) who added to the gold he won at the last European championships, and Ruslan Karaev
Ruslan Karaev
Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion...

 who would have a number of fights (and win several titles) with the K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 organization. Other notable winners included Fouad Habbani who won his third straight gold medal in Full-Contact at a W.A.K.O. championships, while Olesya Gladkova, Oksana Vasilieva and Oksana Vasilieva had all won gold medals at the last Europeans. By the end of the championships, 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...

 was by far the strongest nation in the style, winning nine golds, four silvers and two bronze.

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

-51 kg Ayup Arsaev   Miras Brimzkanov   Abdel Fettah Boukhalfa  
Utkir Hudayarov  
-54 kg Mirbek Suiumbaev   Filip Ehsan   Alexandre Bossuyt  
Nurbolat Rysmagambetov  
-57 kg Fouad Habbani   Ali Albisheh   Marat Egeian  
Mustapha Ben-Sihmed  
-60 kg Artur Tazleian   Yuri Romanko   Daniel Martins  
Tarik Ben-Sihmed  
-63.5 kg Alexandru Pogorelov   Arild Mikarlsen   Zsolt Nagy  
Orazmuhammed Byashimov  
-67 kg Jere Reinikainen   Roman Pechuk   Eldin Raonic  
Sidi Koite  
-71 kg Igor Kulbaev   Ruslan Batrutdinov   Sindre Walstad  
Azamat Naurzbaev  
-75 kg Nermin Basovic   Tomasz Walenski   Markus Hakulinen  
Azzedine Mhiyaovi  
-81 kg Maxim Voronov   Alan Kotsoev   Christophe Lartisien  
Marcin Rogozik  
-86 kg Muamer Hukić
Marco Huck
Marco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...

  
Anatoliy Nosarev   Slobodan Marinkovic  
Taranali Karifala  
-91 kg Ruslan Karaev
Ruslan Karaev
Ruslan Savelyevich Karaev is a Russian kickboxer of Ossetian origin. He is K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei tournament champion...

  
Gabor Meiszter   Cornel Rus  
Łukasz Jarosz  
+91 kg Yaroslav Zavorotny   Seyed Ali Mirmiran   Ruslan Avsov  
Vecheslav Sepchuk  

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

-48 kg Olesya Gladkova   Veronique Legras   Vania Gusiiska  
Aliya Boranbaeva  
-52 kg Oksana Vasilieva   Fatma Akyüz   Ivona Roca  
Mette Solli  
-56 kg Lidia Andreeva   Barbara Plazzoli   Valentina Chevchenko  
Zsuzsanna Szuknai  
-60 kg Anna Kasprzak   Julia Nemtsova   Helene Horlaville  
Nadine Lemke  
-65 kg Maria Karlova   Alena Fashutdinova   Marija Ristovic  
Csilla Bodo  
-70 kg Karolina Lukasik   Heidi Hartmann   Marjut Lappalainen  
Nives Radic  
+70 kg Ilhame Aissaoui   Irina Smirnova   Daniela Lazzareska  
Karen Dews

Light-Contact

Light-Contact is a form of kickboxing that is less physical than Full-Contact but more so than Semi-Contact and is often seen as a transition between the two. Contestants score points on the basis of speed and technique over brute force although stoppages can occur, although as with other amateur forms head and body protection must be worn - more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website. The men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 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...

 to over 94 kg/+206.8 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...

 while the women had six ranging from 50 kg/110 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...

 to over 70 kg/154 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...

. Though not full of household names there were several previous winners with Dezső Debreczeni, Zoltan Dancso, Szilvia Csicsely and Nadja Sibila having picked up golds at previous events. By the end of the championships Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 were the strongest nation in the style, winning four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni   Maxime Aysin   Nikolay Kuznitsov  
Lucien Gross  
-63 kg Jorge Coelho   Sándor Szántó   Mickael Guccione  
Danylo Stepanenko  
-69 kg Marcel Fekonja   Christian Bauer   Christophe Rebrasse  
Vitaliy Yeremenko  
-74 kg Lionel Picord   Mikhail Sorin   Sebastijan Causevic  
Oliver Stricz  
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso   Marat Pukhaev   Hugo Matos  
Andrea Primitivi  
-84 kg Petr Kotik   Andrej Sande   Mike Béla  
Owen King
-89 kg Uros Urleb   Juso Prosic   Wojciech Myslinski  
Roman Roev  
-94 kg Emmanuel Mendy   Michal Wszelak   Dmitri Gerasimov  
Agostino Pavesi  
+94 kg Uri Abramov   Wojciech Szczerbiński   Drazen Glavas  
Dzevad Smajlovic  

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

-50 kg Szilvia Csicsely   Anna Krivognza   Julita Tkaczyk  
Viktoriya Bezpecna  
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie   Alessia Gaietto   Christina McMahon
Joanne Kolowrat  
-60 kg Klara Marton   Gloria De Bei   Kerstin Kössling  
Monika Florek  
-65 kg Sanja Stunja   Chiara Mandelli   Sabina Sehic  
Szilvia Linczmaier  
-70 kg Nusa Rajher   Ivett Pruzsinszky   Larysa Berezenko  
Evelis Boscolo  
+70 kg Nadja Sibila   Oxana Kinakh   Giulia Campagno  
Ivana Didovic  

Aero-Kickboxing

Aero Kickboxing is a non physical competition, involving participants using a mixture of aerobic and kickboxing techniques in time to specifically selected music. There are no weight divisions like in other forms of kickboxing in W.A.K.O. but there are separate male, female and team categories, with additional events being introduced in Paris, with a male and female 'with (aerobic) step' and 'without (aerobic) step' being added. Also, unlike the contact categories, an individual country was allowed more than one competitor, with the team event even having several teams from the same country. More information on Aero-Kickboxing and the rules can be found on the W.A.K.O. website. Although the Aero-Kickboxing competitions in Paris were not well documented with many of the winners being absent from records, 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...

 did particularly well, winning three gold and two silver medal.

Aero Kickboxing (Men) Medals Table

Aero Individual with Step No medallist recorded No medallist recorded No medallist recorded
Aero Individual without Step Bruno Manca   Daniel Gärtner   No medallist recorded

Aero Kickboxing (Women) Medals Table

Aero Individual with Step Laura Fiori   Beata Krassoi   No medallist recorded
Aero Individual without Step No medallist recorded No medallist recorded No medallist recorded

Aero-Kickboxing (Team) Medals Table

Aero Team Team Italy I   Team Italy II   Team Croatia  

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze
1   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...

10 8 5
2   Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

4 3 5
3   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...

3 6 4
4   Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

3 3 3
5   France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

3 1 4

See also


External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK