W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 (Bucharest)

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest were the joint twenty-three European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Romanian Full-Contact Martial Arts Federation (F.R.A.M.C.) president Dorel Bulearcă. The first event was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey. It was the first W.A.K.O. event to be held in Bucharest and Romania and involved over 550 amateur men and women from 35 countries across Europe.[1]

W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
F.R.A.M.C.
Date27 November – 1 December
VenuePolyvalent Hall
CityBucharest, Romania
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 (Ankara) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest

There were four styles on offer at Bucharest: Full-Contact, Semi-Contact, Light-Contact and Musical Forms. Only one competitor per weight division were allowed to participate in the first three, while Musical Forms was allowed two maximum per country.[1]

The top nation by the end of the championships was Russia, with Italy in second and Hungary in third. The winners of the Full-Contact and Semi-Contact events qualified for the World Combat Games 2013.[1]

The event was held over five days at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania, starting on Tuesday, 27 November and ending on Saturday, 1 December 2012.[1]

Full-Contact

Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants can throw punches and kicks with full power at legal targets above the waist. Victories are usually gained via a point's decision or by referee stoppage and as with most other forms of amateur kickboxing, various head and body protection must be worn.[2]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Alexey Trifonov Russia Dimitri Shudolschi Moldova Wojciech Peryt Poland
Çağrı Coşkun Turkey
Bantamweight -54 kg Ilnaz Sayfullin Russia Çağdaş Yıkılmaz Turkey Guillaume Oz-uzun France
Evgheni Ivanchenco Moldova
Featherweight -57 kg Alexandr Shamray Russia Hüseyin Dündar Turkey Artem Skobchenko Ukraine
Roberto Pizzagalli Italy
Lightweight -60 kg Vasily Zaytsev Russia Nurettin Diler Turkey Kamel Bacha France
Damian Lawniczak Poland
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Sergey Lipinets Russia Gábor Garbics Hungary Saidi William France
Kostyantin Demoretskyy Ukraine
Welterweight -67 kg Amansio Paraschiv Romania Oleg Zaytcev Russia Piotr Odwazny Poland
Davyd Ahakhanov Ukraine
Light Middleweight -71 kg Nikita Selyansky Russia Zsolt Benedek Hungary Hallgeir Lien Norway
Gregor Stračanek Slovenia
Middleweight -75 kg Yusup Magomedbekov Russia Andreas Lodrup Norway Hünkar Kılıç Turkey
Teo Mikelic Croatia
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Samet Keser Turkey Marian Makaveev Russia Vincent Grác Slovakia
Mariusz Niziołek Poland
Cruiserweight -86 kg Marco Deckmann Germany Ian Petrovich Russia Cristian Vedovelli Italy
Roman Hasparian Ukraine
Heavyweight -91 kg Eugen Waigel Germany Alexei Papin Russia Igor Prykhodko Ukraine
Dănuţ Hurduc Romania
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Emin Panian Russia Hamza Kendircioglu Turkey Ivan Tkachenko Ukraine
Georgij Fibich Czech Republic

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight -48 kg Valeria Calabrese Italy Rada Akulova Russia Hulya Allkayis Turkey
Malene Feldt Denmark
Featherweight -52 kg Sandra Drabik Poland Valentina Filatova Russia Funda Tiken Turkey
Clarissa Oddi Italy
Lightweight -56 kg Tonje Sørlie Norway Dorota Godzina Poland Camilla Wiksten Finland
Veronika Petrikova Slovakia
Middleweight -60 kg Thea Therese Næss Norway Fatima Bokova Russia Ashley Brace United Kingdom
Maneka Kissel Germany
Light Heavyweight -65 kg Cathrine Heggøy Fonnes Norway Ksenia Miroshnichenko Russia Nicole Trimmel Austria
Sema Fatma Okansoy Turkey
Heavyweight -70 kg Nives Radic Croatia Beata Leśnik Poland Lucie Mlejnkova Czech Republic
Irina Gavrilova Russia
Super Heavyweight +70 kg Anna Gladkikh Russia Eda Sahin Turkey Denitsa Boyanova Bulgaria
Karolina Dziedzic Poland

Semi-Contact

Semi-Contact is the least physical of the contact kickboxing styles available at W.A.K.O. events. It involves the participants throwing controlled strikes at targets above the waist, with point's scored on the basis of speed and technique with power prohibited. Despite the less physical nature all contestants must wear head and various body protection.[3]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Davide Colla Italy László Varga Hungary Vyacheslav Shcherbakov Russia
Ricardo Kremps Germany
-63 kg Richárd Veres Hungary Adriano Passaro Italy Nick Ramael Belgium
Dessie Leonard Republic of Ireland
-69 kg Davide Sfulcini Italy Jay Daniels Republic of Ireland Alex Veres Hungary
Antonio Lo Prete Italy
-74 kg László Gömbös Hungary Mark McDermott Republic of Ireland Phillip Ruckdeschel Germany
Tilen Zajc Slovenia
-79 kg Tamás Imre Hungary Dean Barry Republic of Ireland Marco Nordio Italy
Emanuil Dimitrov Bulgaria
-84 kg Robbie McMenamy Republic of Ireland Roman Brandl Austria Neri Stella Italy
Dmitriy Iakovlev Russia
-89 kg Robert Knaseder Germany Bjorn Van Hoyweghen Belgium David Firth Republic of Ireland
Marco Bubba Italy
-94 kg Paolo Niceforo Italy Michel Decian Switzerland Primož Bračič Slovenia
Alexander Federer Austria
+94 kg Krisztian Jaroszkievicz Hungary Chris Aston United Kingdom Philipp Salugin Russia
Idris Ünver Turkey

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Giulia Cavallaro Italy Mercédesz Veres Hungary Bo Mangan Republic of Ireland
Ebru Özmen Turkey
-55 kg Luisa Gullotti Italy Nelly Hanicz Hungary Valeriya Utkina Russia
Eirin Dale Norway
-60 kg Shauna Bannon Republic of Ireland Gloria De Bei Italy Evelyn Neyens Belgium
Adrienne Kadas Hungary
-65 kg Caradh O'Donovan Republic of Ireland Ina Grindheim Norway Carlotta Pra Italy
Andrea Busa Hungary
-70 kg Henrietta Nagy Hungary Amber Makaulauski Republic of Ireland Maria Semenova Russia
Adelheid Rump Austria
+70 kg Irina Murashova Russia Anna Kondár Hungary Gaynor Morgan United Kingdom
Diletta Faiola Italy

Team's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Bulgaria Bulgaria
Great Britain United Kingdom

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. Unfortunately, it is often in the shadow of the full contact styles.[4]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Kacper Narloch Poland Metin Adanç Turkey Norbert Rizmayer Hungary
Mahmoud Sheikh Israel
-63 kg Aleksandr Bakirov Russia Alex Crotti Italy Matthias Jenni Switzerland
Maciej Domińczak Poland
-69 kg Rustam Mirzoev Russia Nenad Manojlovski North Macedonia Itay Gershon Israel
Maciej Garbaczewski Poland
-74 kg László Anda Hungary Dimitar Gjorgiev North Macedonia Alexey Lenberg Russia
Wojciech Niedzielski Poland
-79 kg Aivar Gafurov Russia Kamila Ruta Poland Andrei Costea Romania
Salvatore Mangiafico Italy
-84 kg Michał Mączka Poland Willmark Procida France Matej Engler Slovakia
Ghenadie Bitco Moldova
-89 kg Dejan Vajs]] Slovenia Franz Gruber Austria Bogdan Nicolae Zamfir Romania
Cyprian Grzęda Poland
-94 kg Viktor Hargitai Hungary Danilo Zaccone Italy Mihail Cârstea Romania
Patryk Zaborowski Poland
+94 kg Michał Wszelak Poland Peter Bayer Germany Daniel Alexandru Romania
Artem Vasylenko Ukraine

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Żaneta Cieśla Poland Patricia Pulling Austria Plamena Tsigularova Bulgaria
Valentina Cabras Italy
-55 kg Nicole Perona Italy Iwona Nieroda Poland Clara Lanuzel France
Victoria Usachenko Russia
-60 kg Paulina Frankowska Poland Albena Malcheva Bulgaria Adriana Tricoci Italy
Isabela Kovačič Slovenia
-65 kg Anett Miskolczi Hungary Ambre Lopez France Gordana Cvetkovska North Macedonia
Lucia Cmarova Slovakia
-70 kg Marta Waliczek Poland Veronika Kohutova Czech Republic Cristina Caruso Italy
Veronika Kohutova Slovakia
+70 kg Giulia Compagno Italy Denitsa Koleva Bulgaria Kata Boros Hungary

Musical Forms

Musical Forms is a type of non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques. Unlike Full, Semi and Light-Contact kickboxing there were no weight divisions, only male and female competitions and competitors were allowed to compete in more than one category with some countries having than one athlete in each category. The men and women at Bucharest competed in four different styles explained below:

Men's Musical Forms Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open Hand - Hard Style Nikita Tsyganok Russia Denis Gavrilov Russia Alberto Leonardi Italy
Open Hand - Soft Style Ivan Baev Russia Linar Bagautdinov Russia Mihai Ioana Romania
Weapons - Hard Style Roman Chizhov Russia Denis Gavrilov Russia No bronze awarded
Weapons - Soft Style Ivan Baev Russia Linar Bagautdinov Russia Slavko Majkić Slovenia

Women's Musical Forms Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Open Hand - Hard Style Elena Chirkova Russia Olga Kuskova Russia Kateryna Petenova Ukraine
Open Hand - Soft Style Veronika Dombrovskaya Belarus Ekaterina Tuvaeva Russia Olga Timchenko Ukraine
Weapons - Hard Style Darya Danausova Ukraine Anna Likhonina Russia Elena Chirkova Russia
Weapons - Soft Style Veronika Dombrovskaya Belarus Ekaterina Tuvaeva Russia Darya Masharo Belarus

Medal table

Ranking Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
1 Russia Russia 18 15 9
2 Italy Italy 12 6 13
3 Hungary Hungary 9 8 7
4 Poland Poland 7 4 11
5 Republic of Ireland Ireland 4 5 4
6 Norway Norway 3 2 2
7 Germany Germany 3 0 4
8 Turkey Turkey 1 6 7
9 United Kingdom Great Britain 1 1 4
10 Belarus Belarus 2 0 1
11 Ukraine Ukraine 1 0 9
12 Romania Romania 1 0 6
13 Slovenia Slovenia 1 0 5
14 Croatia Croatia 1 0 1
15 Austria Austria 0 4 4
16 France France 0 3 6
17 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 3 4
18 Switzerland Switzerland 0 2 2
19 North Macedonia Macedonia 0 2 1
20 Moldova Moldova 0 1 2
20 Belgium Belgium 0 1 2
20 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 1 2
23 Slovakia Slovakia 0 0 5
24 Israel Israel 0 0 2
25 Denmark Denmark 0 0 1
25 Finland Finland 0 0 1

See also

References

  1. "Bucharest hosts European Kickboxing Championships for first time" (in Romanian). nineoclock.ro. 27 November 2012.
  2. "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  3. "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  4. "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  5. "WAKO Musical Forms Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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