W.A.K.O. European Championships 2008 (Varna)
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2008 (Varna) | ||||
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Promotion | W.A.K.O. | |||
Date | 22–25 October 2008 | |||
Venue | Palace of Culture and Sports | |||
City | Varna, Bulgaria | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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W.A.K.O. European Championships 2008 in Varna were the joint twenty European
There were four styles on offer at Varna: Full-Contact and Semi-Contact kickboxing, Musical Forms and Aero-Kickboxing. Only one competitor per weight division were allowed to participate in the Full and Semi-Contact divisions and this also applied for Aero-Kickboxing (which had no weight divisions), while Musical Forms was allowed two maximum per country. The other styles (Low-Kick, K-1, Light-Contact) would be available at the later event in Portugal. The top nation by the end of the championships was Hungary, with regular leaders Russia in second and Ukraine in third. The event was held over four days at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria, starting on Wednesday, 22 October and ending on Saturday, 25 October 2008.[1][2]
Full-Contact
Full-Contact is a style of
Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Bantamweight -51 kg | Vyacheslav Kanayev | Ivan Sciolla | Artem Skobchenko Wojciech Perit |
Bantamweight -54 kg | Serhiy Cherkaskyy | Franck Gross | Filip Ehsan Ilnaz Sayfullin |
Featherweight -57 kg | Alexander Shamray | Damian Ławniczak | Gregor Debeljak Johannes Wolf |
Lightweight -60 kg | Vasily Zaytsev | Søren Jørgensen | Prodan Iovchev Emrah Ogut |
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg | Gabor Gorbics | Kenan Gunaydin | Kostyantyn Demoretskyy Tomasz Pietraszewski |
Welterweight -67 kg | Edmond Mebenga | Davyd Ahakhanov | Ibrahim Cicek Jarkko Jussila |
Light Middleweight -71 kg | Christian Kvatningen | Vladimir Tarasov | Svetoslav Malechkov Przemysław Ziemnicki |
Middleweight -75 kg | Andreas Lødrup | Stilian Angelov | Pavel Garaj Viktor Pethes |
Light Heavyweight -81 kg | Igor Prykhodko | Artak Aganesyan | Ferenc Hosszu Igor Emkic |
Cruiserweight -86 kg | Mairis Briedis | Rafał Aleksandrowicz | Gamal Hazimeh Petar Iliev |
Heavyweight -91 kg | Alexey Tokarev | Denys Simkin | Veniamin Davidis Ladislav Kacmarak |
Super Heavyweight +91 kg | Hamza Kendircioğlu | Jukka Saarinen | Jacek Puchacz Tihamer Brunner |
Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Bantamweight -48 kg | Vira Makresova | Marja-Liisa Väänänen | Plamena Dimova Therese Gunnarsson |
Featherweight -52 kg | Nadiya Khayenok | Mette Solli | Sabine Seifert Liza Padazi |
Lightweight -56 kg | Valeriya Ishakova | Eva Maria Naranjo | Tonje Sørlie Zsuzsanna Szuknai |
Middleweight -60 kg | Thea Therese Næss | Maria Konstadelov | Monika Florek Sanja Samardzic |
Light Heavyweight -65 kg | Katarina Furmaniau | Julia Irmen | Anne Katas Oleksandra Pliusnina |
Heavyweight -70 kg | Caroline Ek | Marija Pejakovic | Irena Gavrelova Nives Radic |
Super Heavyweight +70 kg | Zeliha Dogrugunes | Karen Dews | Adina Cocieru Valeria Mercurio |
Semi-Contact
Semi-Contact is the least physical of the contact
Although not full of recognisable faces there were several winners from recent world and European championships with Zsolt Moradi and Zsofia Minda picking up their third gold medals in a row at W.A.K.O. championships, while Andrea Lucchese, Marco Culiersi, Anna Kondar and Gloria De Bei had also won at the last world championships. By the end of the championships, Hungary were easily the most dominant nation in the style, winning ten gold, two silver and two bronze, which also included winning the team event as well.[6]
Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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-57 kg | Richard Veres | Robbie Hughes | Jason Doyle Piotr Bakowski |
-63 kg | Andrea Lucchese | Viktor Hirsch | Klemen Buzina Vitaly Timofeev |
-69 kg | Laszlo Gombos | Domenico De Marco | Michael Gebhart Christian Welker |
-74 kg | Tamas Imre | Gregorio Di Leo | Morten Spissoy Nikos Memmos |
-79 kg | Zsolt Moradi | Stella Neri | Rami-Alexandras Raslan Billy Bryce |
-84 kg | Kristian Jaroszkiewicz | Robert Knödelseder | Andreas Anelopoulos Zvonmir Gribl |
-89 kg | Michel Decian | Drew Neal | Zoltan Dancso Dave Hetternan |
-94 kg | Giuseppe De Marco | Peter Csikos | Gunther Wenninger Petr Kotik |
+94 kg | Tibor Wappel | Lee Matthews | Daniel Handel Gunter Wohlwend |
Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Team's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Team | Hungary | Italy | Germany Great Britain |
Musical Forms
Musical Forms is a type of non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using
- Hard Styles – coming from Karate and Taekwondo.
- Soft Styles – coming from Kung Fuand Wu-Sha.
- Hard Styles with Weapons – using weapons such as .
- Soft Styles with Weapons - using weapons such as Naginata, Nunchaku, Tai Chi Chuan Sword, Whip Chain.
There were a few familiar winners in Musical Forms at Varga, with regular gold medallists Andrey Bosak and Maria Pekarchyk winning two events each and Veronika Dombrovskaya winning one. By the end of the championships Russia were the top nation in Musical Forms winning four gold, six silver and one bronze.[8]
Men's Musical Forms Medals Table
Women's Musical Forms Medals Table
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 as with other forms of kickboxing in W.A.K.O. but there are separate male, female and team categories, with or without an aerobic step. As with Musical Forms, competitors were allowed to compete in more than one category and some countries had more than one athlete in each category. More information on Aero-Kickboxing and the rules can be found on the W.A.K.O. website.[9] Although a lower prestige sport compared to other events, Mikhail Gerasimov stood out amongst the winners by taking gold in both men's events. The top nation in Aero-Kickboxing was Hungary who claimed four golds, one silver and one bronze, which included winning both of the team events.[10]
Men's Aero-Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Aero Individual without Step | Mikhail Gerasimov | Mihaly Perneki | İnanç Kahveci |
Aero Individual with Step | Mikhail Gerasimov | Husrev Uzunali | Mihaly Perneki |
Women's Aero-Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Aero Individual without Step | Brigitta Gazdag | Darya Danausova | Tina Gerbec |
Aero Individual with Step | Marianna Hegyi | Olena Sereda | Darya Danausova |
Team Aero-Kickboxing Medals Table
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Aero Team without Step | Hungary | Croatia | Austria |
Aero Team with Step | Hungary | Croatia | No bronze awarded |
Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)
Ranking | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1 | Hungary | 15 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Russia | 11 | 8 | 6 |
3 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Italy | 4 | 6 | 6 |
5 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 3 |
See also
- List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
- List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
- List of male kickboxers
- List of female kickboxers
References
- ^ "WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS VARNA 2008 (Event details)" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "A BEAUTIFUL EVENT - . : WAKO World Association of Kickboxing ... (Event review)". wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "ALL RESULTS.zip (Results EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FC, SC, MF and AERO VARNA (Bulgaria) 22.10.2008 - 25.10.2008)". wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "ALL RESULTS.zip (Results EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FC, SC, MF and AERO VARNA (Bulgaria) 22.10.2008 - 25.10.2008)". wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "WAKO Musical Forms Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "ALL RESULTS.zip (Results EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FC, SC, MF and AERO VARNA (Bulgaria) 22.10.2008 - 25.10.2008)". wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "WAKO Aero Kickboxing Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "ALL RESULTS.zip (Results EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FC, SC, MF and AERO VARNA (Bulgaria) 22.10.2008 - 25.10.2008)". wakoweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.