W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 in Paris were the joint fourteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. and the first ever to be held in France. The other (joint) world championships were to be held in November of the same year in Yalta, Ukraine. The event was open to amateur men and women with approximately 780 athletes from 63 countries across the world taking part.[1][2]

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 (Paris)
The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 (Paris)
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
DateOctober 21 (Start)
October 26, 2003 (End)
VenuePalais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan
CityFrance Paris, France
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002 W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 (Paris) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2003 (Yalta)

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 and Musical Forms) would be held at the second event later in the year at Yalta.[3] By the end of the championships, Russia was the strongest nation in terms of medals won, with Hungary in second and Italy 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 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.[4] At Paris the men had twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs, while the women had seven ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 70 kg/+143 lbs. Notable winners included a young Muamer Hukić (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 who would have a number of fights (and win several titles) with the K-1 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 was by far the strongest nation in the style, winning nine golds, four silvers and two bronze.[5]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-51 kg Ayup Arsaev Russia Miras Brimzkanov Kazakhstan Abdel Fettah Boukhalfa Morocco
Utkir Hudayarov Kyrgyzstan
-54 kg Mirbek Suiumbaev Kyrgyzstan Filip Ehsan Bulgaria Alexandre Bossuyt France
Nurbolat Rysmagambetov Kazakhstan
-57 kg Fouad Habbani France Ali Albisheh Jordan Marat Egeian Russia
Mustapha Ben-Sihmed Morocco
-60 kg Artur Tazleian Russia Yuri Romanko Ukraine Daniel Martins New Caledonia
Tarik Ben-Sihmed Morocco
-63.5 kg Alexandru Pogorelov Moldova Arild Mikarlsen Norway Zsolt Nagy Hungary
Orazmuhammed Byashimov Turkmenistan
-67 kg Jere Reinikainen Finland Roman Pechuk Russia Eldin Raonic Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sidi Koite New Caledonia
-71 kg Igor Kulbaev Russia Ruslan Batrutdinov Ukraine Sindre Walstad Norway
Azamat Naurzbaev Kazakhstan
-75 kg Nermin Basovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomasz Walenski Poland Markus Hakulinen Morocco
Azzedine Mhiyaovi Morocco
-81 kg Maxim Voronov Russia Alan Kotsoev Moldova Christophe Lartisien France
Marcin Rogozik Poland
-86 kg Marco Huck Germany Anatoliy Nosarev Russia Slobodan Marinkovic Serbia and Montenegro
Taranali Karifala Sierra Leone
-91 kg Ruslan Karaev Russia Gabor Meiszter Hungary Corneliu Rus Romania
Łukasz Jarosz Poland
+91 kg Yaroslav Zavorotny Ukraine Seyed Ali Mirmiran Iran Ruslan Avsov Kyrgyzstan
Vecheslav Sepchuk Russia

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Olesya Gladkova Russia Veronique Legras France Vania Gusiiska Bulgaria
Aliya Boranbaeva Kazakhstan
-52 kg Oksana Vasilieva Russia Fatma Akyüz Germany Ivona Roca Croatia
Mette Solli Norway
-56 kg Lidia Andreeva Russia Barbara Plazzoli Italy Valentina Chevchenko Kyrgyzstan
Zsuzsanna Szuknai Hungary
-60 kg Anna Kasprzak Poland Julia Nemtsova Russia Helene Horlaville France
Nadine Lemke Germany
-65 kg Maria Karlova Russia Alena Fashutdinova Kyrgyzstan Marija Ristovic Serbia and Montenegro
Csilla Bodo Hungary
-70 kg Karolina Lukasik Poland Heidi Hartmann Germany Marjut Lappalainen Finland
Nives Radic Croatia
+70 kg Ilhame Aissaoui Germany Irina Smirnova Russia Daniela Lazzareska North Macedonia
Karen Dews 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 - more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[6] 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. 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 were the strongest nation in the style, winning four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.[7]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni Hungary Maxime Aysin Moldova Nikolay Kuznitsov Russia
Lucien Gross France
-63 kg Jorge Coelho Germany Sándor Szántó Hungary Mickael Guccione New Caledonia
Danylo Stepanenko Ukraine
-69 kg Marcel Fekonja Slovenia Christian Bauer Germany Christophe Rebrasse New Caledonia
Vitaliy Yeremenko Ukraine
-74 kg Lionel Picord France Mikhail Sorin Russia Sebastijan Causevic Slovenia
Oliver Stricz Hungary
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso Hungary Marat Pukhaev Russia Hugo Matos Portugal
Andrea Primitivi Italy
-84 kg Petr Kotik Czech Republic Andrej Sande Slovenia Mike Béla Germany
Owen King United Kingdom
-89 kg Uros Urleb Slovenia Juso Prosic Austria Wojciech Myslinski Poland
Roman Roev Russia
-94 kg Emmanuel Mendy France Michal Wszelak Poland Dmitri Gerasimov Russia
Agostino Pavesi Italy
+94 kg Uri Abramov Russia Wojciech Szczerbiński Poland Drazen Glavas Croatia
Dzevad Smajlovic Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Szilvia Csicsely Hungary Anna Krivognza Russia Julita Tkaczyk Poland
Viktoriya Bezpecna Ukraine
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie Norway Alessia Gaietto Italy Christina McMahon Republic of Ireland
Joanne Kolowrat United States
-60 kg Klara Marton Hungary Gloria De Bei Italy Kerstin Kössling Germany
Monika Florek Poland
-65 kg Sanja Stunja Croatia Chiara Mandelli Italy Sabina Sehic Slovenia
Szilvia Linczmaier Hungary
-70 kg Nusa Rajher Slovenia Ivett Pruzsinszky Hungary Larysa Berezenko Ukraine
Evelis Boscolo Italy
+70 kg Nadja Sibila Slovenia Oxana Kinakh Russia Giulia Campagno Italy
Ivana Didovic Croatia

Semi-Contact

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.[8] Although the Aero-Kickboxing competitions in Paris were not well documented with many of the winners being absent from records, Italy did particularly well, winning three gold and two silver medal.[9][10]

Aero Kickboxing (Men) Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Aero Individual with Step No medallist recorded No medallist recorded No medallist recorded
Aero Individual without Step Bruno Manca Italy Daniel Gärtner Germany No medallist recorded

Aero Kickboxing (Women) Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Aero Individual with Step Laura Fiori Italy Beata Krassoi Italy No medallist recorded
Aero Individual without Step No medallist recorded No medallist recorded No medallist recorded

Aero-Kickboxing (Team) Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Aero Team Team Italy I Italy Team Italy II Italy Team Croatia Croatia

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

Ranking Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
1 Russia Russia 10 8 5
2 Hungary Hungary 4 3 5
3 Italy Italy 3 6 4
4 Germany Germany 3 3 3
5 France France 3 1 4

See also

References

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