W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996 were the thirteenth European kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Serbia and Montenegro kickboxing president Borislav Pelević. The event was the first ever to be held in Serbia and Montenegro and welcomed the country back into the international community after the devastation of the Bosnian War. It was open to amateur men and women representing thirty-seven countries in Europe - more detail on the participating nations is provided in the relevant section below.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996
PromotionW.A.K.O.
DateOctober 1996
CitySerbia and Montenegro Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1995 W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996 W.A.K.O. World Championships 1997

There were four styles on offer in Belgrade; Full-Contact, Low-Kick (men only), Semi-Contact and Light-Contact, with no room for Musical Forms. By the end of the championships, Poland just about shaded Italy into first place by virtue of more silver medals, while Hungary came in third. The event was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro in October, 1996.[1]

Participating nations

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There were thirty-seven nations from across Europe in attendance at the 1996 W.A.K.O. European Championships in Belgrade:[2]

           

Full-Contact

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Full-Contact was available for both men and women at Belgrade and involved the participants trying to win the contest either by a point decision or via stoppage using both kicks and punches – more detail on the rules can be found at the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that they may have changed slightly since 1993.[3] The men had twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs, while the women had six weight divisions ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 65 kg/+143 lbs. Notable gold medalists included Gary "Smiler" Turner who would go on to win several regional tournaments in K-1, Roman Bugaj who would later turn to pro boxing (and also won silver at the same event in Light-Contact) and Natascha Ragosina who would become a legend in women's boxing. Another notable medalists was Barrington Patterson who would have some success on the European MMA circuit, as well as becoming a pro-kickboxing world champion. By the end of the championships, Poland were the strongest nation in Full-Contact, winning five golds and four bronzes across both the male and female competitions.[4]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Nurzhan Erbusinov   Alexey Kutsenko   Gabor Aburko  
Andrei Ivanov  
Bantamweight -54 kg Mariusz Cieśliński   Askar Mozhanov   Innokenti Makarov  
Bilal Mahmoud Sliman  
Featherweight -57 kg Fouad Habbani   Hidir Erdogan   Goran Vuckovic  
Maurycy Gojko  
Lightweight -60 kg Agadilov Bakhytzhan   James Dard   Ahmet Pepic  
Alexander Lebed  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Dosaev Gani   Youssef Latahoui   Giuseppe Lorusso  
Erlan Shiderbaev  
Welterweight -67 kg Arsen Khachatryan   Srdjan Elezovic   Miroslaw Karzinski  
Árpád Szabó  
Light Middleweight -71 kg Robert Nowak   Gerd Dittrich   Thomas Kristiansen  
Hatzionidis Tasos  
Middleweight -75 kg Halim El Hakimi   Vladimir Tomkovich   Dusan Plecas  
Ramin Abtin  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Igor Pilipenko   Ion Slivestru   Christophe Lartizien  
Robert Zlotkowski  
Cruiserweight -86 kg Roman Bugaj   Bozidar Dermanovic   Kostas Athanasopoulos  
Timur Ioussupov  
Heavyweight -91 kg Gary Turner   Frode Holst   John Latsonas  
Darko Milasinovic  
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Almaz Gismeev   Roman Kracik   Barrington Patterson  
Askar Kokhanov  

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight -48 kg Marie Laure Niviere   Sladana Nikolic   Reka Krempf  
Francesca Lupo  
Featherweight -52 kg Elisabette Legras   Oksana Ivasiva   Hülya Şahin  
Michela Barnini  
Lightweight -56 kg Iwona Guzowska   Bea Gulyas   Silvia Bratina  
Galyna Guenliyska  
Middleweight -60 kg Anna Kasprzqak   Henriette Birkeland   Zoulfia Koutdicussova  
Christien Derugeiro  
Light Heavyweight -65 kg Sanja Savcic   Olga Slavinskaja   Agnieszka Rylik  
Margarita Platonova  
Heavyweight +65 kg Natascha Ragosina   Cristina Cerpi   Larisa Berezenko  
Dragana Ignijatic  

Low-Kick

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Low-Kick differs from Full-Contact kickboxing in that it allows kicks below the knee - more detail on Low-Kick rules can be found at the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that there may have been some rule changes since 1996.[5] The style was available to men only and there was twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs. Notable winners in this category included Ivan Strugar who would go on to win multiple European and world kickboxing titles and Cengiz Koç who would also have some success as an amateur boxer. By the championships end the host nation Serbia and Montenegro were the strongest country in Low-Kick, winning two golds, one silver and four bronze medals.[6]

Men's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Elmurat Kalypzhanov   Shanan Shadmanov   Alberto Costa  
Otkur Hoodoyarov  
Bantamweight -54 kg Vassili Vassilev   Mahmud Abdrahmanov   Saken Aubakirov  
Dimitar Peschev  
Featherweight -57 kg Sebastien Sanchez   Marat Safin   Zoltan Nagymihaly  
Aibek Namazbekov  
Lightweight -60 kg Alessio Pastifieri   Vassili Pavlov   Vesel Bitic  
Omar Akl  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Djanbulat Amantaev   Sergej Egorov   Evgeni Denisov  
Nikolai Korenev  
Welterweight -67 kg Milos Plecas   Jan Kacanovskij   Radonjic Stanislav  
Csaba Molnár  
Light Middleweight -71 kg Ivan Strugar   Bahyt Drozbaev   Eddy Frair  
Aleksei Polishuk  
Middleweight -75 kg Daniele Petroni   Csaba Gabnai   Marius Bructer  
Milovan Gasic  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Radojica Vakirevic   Konstantin Shvets   Serej Kanunnikov  
Milan Hrsum  
Cruiserweight -86 kg Igor Skevel   Zoran Pekovski   Thierry Louison  
Dimitrj Krotov  
Heavyweight -91 kg Ion Georgiu   Resul Doğan   Vesko Cejovic  
Fanil Durdanov  
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Cengiz Koç   Mirko Vlahović   Arman Ahashev  
Mouloud Houdbert  

Semi-Contact

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Semi-Contact is a form of kickboxing in which fights were won by points given due to technique, skill and speed, with physical force limited - more information on Semi-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website, although the rules will have changed since 1996.[7] Men and women both took part with the men having eight weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 89 kg/+195.8 lbs and the women having five ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 65 kg/143 lbs. By the end of the championships Italy was the most successful nation overall in Semi-Contact, winning four golds, one silver and four bronze medals.[8]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni   Hasan Aslan   Rafal Kaluzny  
Giampaolo Calajò  
-63 kg Martin Kilgus   Hasan Cataltas   Andrei Kassianenko  
James Boylan  
-69 kg Elrik Gundersen   Danny Harrison   István Tóth  
Marco Ferrarese  
-74 kg Peter Moltner   Lajos Hugyetz   Gribl Svenko  
Miroslav Topic  
-79 kg Peter Edwards   Peter Csikos   Christian Patterer  
Roland Conar  
-84 kg Emanuele Bozzolani   Zoltan Szucs   Clifton Findley  
Josef Ebner  
-89 kg Zsolt Molnar   Daough Geogleger   Giuseppe Fracaroli  
Michael Kruckenhauser  
+89 kg Marco Culiersi   Josef Patterer   Andreas Knab  
Nikolai Morozov  

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Renate Sandland   Erna Obralic   Stefani Zimmermann  
Semra Cetintas  
-55 kg Alessandra Catalano   Jana Moravoova   Rita Pesuth  
Gonca Bagci  
-60 kg Ann-May Viksund   Miriam Diller   Beata Gulyas  
Marina Pappalardo  
-65 kg Ivana Derdic   Sallie McKirdle   Anja Binder  
Anita Madsen  
+65 kg Line Nilsen   Elisabetta Degani   Nicola Corbett  
Gerlinde Melch  

Light-Contact

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More physical than Semi-Contact but less so than Full-Contact with points awarded and fights won on the basis of speed and technique over power, Light-Contact is seen as a transition stage for fighters who were considering a move from Semi to Full-Contact. More information on Light-Contact rules can be found of the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that the rules may have changed since 1996.[9] Similar to Semi-Contact the men had eight weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 89 kg/+195.8 lbs while the women had five ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 65 kg/143 lbs. There were a couple of notable medalists with kickboxing and taekwon-do champion Tomaž Barada winning gold, and future E.B.U. boxing champion Rafał Jackiewicz gaining a bronze. Poland were the strongest country in Light-Contact at the end of the championships, winning three golds, six silvers and two bronzes across the male and female events.[10]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Maurycy Goiko   Fouad Habanni   Hidir Erdigan  
Martin McMahon  
-63 kg Tomaž Barada   Marco Seifert   Jaroslaw Madziar  
Rocco Cipriano  
-69 kg István Tóth   Marco Fuselli   Rafał Jackiewicz  
Imed Mathlouti  
-74 kg Lajos Hugyetz   Robert Nowak   Paul Lynch  
Ivo Bachor  
-79 kg Herman Muehlheim   Robert Zlotkowski   Alessandro Assiro  
Dirk Mell  
-84 kg Martin Wilkinson   Bartolomeo Bonvino   Zoltan Szucs  
Emmanuel Mendy  
-89 kg Carlos Caneschi   Roman Bugaj   Anders Gustavsson  
Carsten Tipelmann  
+89 kg Alex Melcher   Woijci Szczerbinski   Michael Krukenhauser  
David Souchard  

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Daria Chichkina   Najda Trebse   Ildiko Kocs  
Giovanna Neglia  
-55 kg Iwona Guzowska   Elisabeth Legras   Rita Pesuth  
Marzia Davide  
-60 kg Beata Gulyas   Anna Kasprzak   Deline Horlaville  
Tina Casey  
-65 kg Agnieszka Rylik   Sallie McKirdle   Emanuela Amisani  
Ivana Derdic  
+65 kg Denise Bailey   Katarzyn Balcerzak   Isabella Orlando  
Silvia Steinke  

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

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Ranking Country Gold   Silver   Bronze  
1   Poland 8 7 7
2   Italy 8 4 13
3   Hungary 5 5 11
4   France 4 4 10
5   Russia 4 3 8
5   Serbia and Montenegro 4 3 8

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  2. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (List of Nations)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. ^ "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  4. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Results - Full Contact Men/Full Contact Women)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  5. ^ "WAKO Low-Kick Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  6. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Results - Low Kick Men)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  7. ^ "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  8. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Semi-Contact Men/Semi-Contact Ladies)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  9. ^ "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  10. ^ "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Men/Women Light-Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
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