W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Jesolo)

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 in Jesolo were the joint fifteen European kickboxing championships (the other was held in Moscow the same year) hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization and the sixth championships (world and European) to be held in Italy. The event was open to amateur men and women from across Europe and there were three styles on offer; Low-Kick (men only), Light-Contact and Semi-Contact. By the end of the championships the most successful nation was the hosts Italy, followed by Hungary in second and Kyrgyzstan in third. The event was held over five days at the Palasport Cornaro in Jesolo, Italy starting on Wednesday, 18 October and ending on Sunday, 22 October 2000.[1]

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Jesolo)
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Jesolo)
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
Date18 October (Start)
22 October 2000 (End)
VenuePalasport Cornaro
CityItaly Jesolo, Italy
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Moscow) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Jesolo) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2001 (Maribor)

Low-Kick

Low-Kick is similar to Full-Contact kickboxing except that it allows kicks below the knee. Matches are usually resolved by a point's decision or referee stoppage and as is common in amateur kickboxing, both fighters have to wear head and body protection – more detail on Low-Kick rules can be found at the W.A.K.O. website.[2] At Jesolo the style was open to men only, with there being twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs. The most notable winner was Ivan Strugar who won his fifth gold medal at an amateur W.A.K.O. championships. Kyrgyzstan was the top nation in Low-Kick winning four golds, one silver and two bronze medals.[3]

Men's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Sinisa Marinkovic Serbia and Montenegro Gianpiero Marceddu Italy Utkir Hudoyarov Kyrgyzstan
Alberto Costa Portugal
Bantamweight -54 kg Igor Pavlenko Ukraine Mariusz Cieśliński Poland Mirbek Suyumbaev Kyrgyzstan
Francesco De Luca Italy
Featherweight -57 kg Tafay Duyshekeev Kyrgyzstan Evgeny Khil Russia Pedro Marta Portugal
Michele Iezzi Italy
Lightweight -60 kg Viatcheslav Tislenko Russia Nuno Neves Portugal Oleksandr Kozachenko Ukraine
Milisav Ilic Serbia and Montenegro
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Janbulat Amantaev Kyrgyzstan Alexandre Pogorelov Russia Hebojsa Marinkovic Serbia and Montenegro
Ruslan Melnyk Ukraine
Welterweight -67 kg Luca Lazzaro Italy Isa Mambetov Kyrgyzstan Enrique Martinez Spain
Oliver Elisabeth France
Light Middleweight -71 kg Konstantin Beloussov Russia Carlos Tavares France Ruslan Kovalenko Ukraine
Kanatbek Sydygaliev Kyrgyzstan
Middleweight -75 kg Ivan Strugar Serbia and Montenegro Oleg Outenine Russia Davyd Dzhydzhelava Ukraine
David Dancrade France
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Drazenko Ninic Serbia and Montenegro Aslanbek Dychekov Russia Istvan Denes Hungary
Anatoliy Dudchenko Ukraine
Cruiserweight -86 kg Anuar Ibraev Kyrgyzstan Dmitri Vorobjov Estonia Leonid Mironenko Ukraine
Vassili Komakov Russia
Heavyweight -91 kg Ruslan Avasov Kyrgyzstan Tugomir Gruica Croatia Darko Milasinovic Serbia and Montenegro
Tibor Nagy Hungary
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Ivan Rudan Croatia Mirko Vlahovic Serbia and Montenegro Yevgeni Orlov Russia
Dejan Mitrovski North Macedonia

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 stepping stone between the two. Fighters score points on the basis of speed and technique over brute force although stoppages can occur, and as with other amateur kickboxing styles head and body protection must be worn – more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[4] The men had nine weight divisions in the style ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs. Notable winners at Jesolo included Dawid Kowalski, Martin Albers and Michal Wszelak who had all won gold medals at the last world championships in Caorle. By the end of the championships Hungary was the most successful nation in Light-Contact, winning four gold medals, two silver and four bronze.[5]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Fouad Habbani Dezso Debreczeni Danijel Mrkoci
-63 kg Dawid Kowalski Egidio Carsana Robert Arvai
-69 kg Youseff Lattaoui Marcel Fekonja Slovenia Gianluca Manca Italy
Vitaliy Piatetsky Ukraine
-74 kg Paul Lynch Rafal Petertil Sergey Androssiou
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso Vadym Pikiner Darren Duncan
-84 kg Martin Albers Bogumil Polonski Jozsef Jorcsak
-89 kg Dirk Kindl Yohann Lemaire Marek Marszal
-94 kg Salim Mohamed Dmitry Gerasimov Toni Turk
+94 kg Emmanuel Mendy Alex Melcher Wojciech Szczerbiński

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Szilvia Csicsely Hungary Renate Sandland Norway Ioulia Trofimova Russia
Julita Tkaczyk Poland
-55 kg Agnes Tapai Hungary Edyta Olewniczak Poland Rada Matsonen Russia
Andrea Rzehak Germany
-60 kg Marzia Davide Italy Monika Florek Poland Sanja Stunja Croatia
Margaryta Dyadyk Ukraine
-65 kg Ivett Pruzsinszky Hungary Suzana Stunja Croatia Annamaria Sisonna Italy
Saida Gasanova Ukraine
-70 kg Larysa Berezenko Ukraine Marijana Birin Croatia Annalisa Ghiladri Italy
Szilvia Linezmayer Hungary
+70 kg Kelly Zanini Italy Viktoria Kovacs Hungary Anja Renfordt Germany
Biserka Siranovic Croatia

Semi-Contact

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 and as with other forms of amateur kickboxing, head and body protection is worn – more information on Semi-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website.[6] As with Light-Contact the men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs. By the end of the championships Italy was by far the strongest nation in Semi-Contact picking up six golds, three silvers and two bronzes.[7]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni Hungary Gianluca Scolari Italy Rafal Kaluzny Poland
Fouad Habbani France
-63 kg Vasilis Tatiadis Greece Andrea Misiani Italy Rudolf Vrba Czech Republic
Donald Kealy Republic of Ireland
-69 kg Eirik Gunderson Norway Richard Calixte France Faton Redzas North Macedonia
Mihaly Koszogovits Hungary
-74 kg Roy Baker Republic of Ireland Roman Martin Switzerland Zvonimir Gribl Croatia
Domenico De Marco Italy
-79 kg Michel Decian Switzerland Zoltan Dancso Hungary Igor Sharov Ukraine
Stelios Polites Greece
-84 kg Peter Edwards United Kingdom Ozcan Arslan Turkey Valeriy Drevilo Ukraine
Christian Bazdaric Latvia
-89 kg Peter Csikos Hungary Clifton Finlay United Kingdom David Tarpey Republic of Ireland
Roberto Montuoro Italy
-94 kg Giuseppe Fracaroli Italy Halis Arslan Turkey Laszlo Toth Hungary
Andreas Mohr Germany
+94 kg Marco Culiersi Italy Karl-Heinz Kohl Brenner Germany Emmanuel Mendy France
Paul Coffey Republic of Ireland

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Samantha Aquilano Italy Krisztina Poropszki Hungary Veronique Legras France
Katarzyna Nowak Poland
-55 kg Gloria De Bei Italy Agnes Tapai Hungary Gonca Thurm Germany
Maria Pia Litvinova Russia
-60 kg Luisa Lico Italy Melanie Moder Germany Lin Sissel Archer Norway
Jana Moravcova Czech Republic
-65 kg Anita Madsen Norway Emanuela Amisani Italy Anastasiya Savinova Ukraine
Adriane Doppler Germany
-70 kg Anna Megliaccio Italy Marijana Birin Croatia Lenka Klofacova Czech Republic
Szilvia Linczmayer Hungary
+70 kg Nadya Sibila Slovenia Nicola Corbett Republic of Ireland Kateryna Chernetska Ukraine
Viktoria Kovacs Hungary

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

Ranking Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
1 Italy Italy 9 5 9
2 Hungary Hungary 6 5 10
3 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 4 1 2
4 France France 3 3 6
5 Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 3

See also

References

  1. "Wertungen EM 2000" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. "WAKO Low-Kick Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. "Wertungen EM 2000 – Wertungen Low-Kick (German language)" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  4. "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. "Wertungen EM 2000 – Wertungen Leichtkontakt (German language)" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  7. "Wertungen EM 2000 – Wertungen Semikontakt (German language)" (PDF). wakoweb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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