W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir)

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 in Agadir were the joint fifteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the first ever to be held in Morocco and the continent of Africa - with the other event to be held later that year in Szeged, Hungary. The championships were open to amateur men and women from across the world, with about roughly 48 countries providing around 350 athletes (although some would be denied Visas), who all attended despite initial fears about potential terrorist attacks.[1][2]

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir)
The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir)
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
DateSeptember 19 (Start)
September 25, 2005 (End)
VenuePalais des Sports
CityAgadir, Morocco
Attendance10,000
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2004 (Maribor) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)

There were three styles on offer at Agadir; Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms. The other usual styles (Full/Semi/Light-Contact kickboxing) would be held at the event in Szeged. By the end of the championships regular winners Russia were once again the top nation across all styles, with hosts Morocco doing well in second thanks largely to a great performance in Thai-Boxing, with Belarus way behind in third.[3] The event was held over seven days at the Palais des Sports in Agadir, Morocco, starting on Monday, 19 September and ending Sunday, 25 September 2005 and was watched by around 10,000 spectators.[4]

Low-Kick

Low-Kick is a form of kickboxing where punches and kicks can be thrown at an opponent with full force at legal targets. It is similar to Full-Contact kickboxing only that kicks are also allowed to be made to the opponent's lower legs and thighs. Most fights are won by point's decision victory or via a referee stoppage and as with most forms of amateur kickboxing, suitable head and body protection must be worn. More information on Low-Kick can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[5] Both men and women had competitions at Agadir, with the men having twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs and the women having seven ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 70 kg/+143 lbs. The most notable winner was future K-1 regional and pro world champion Łukasz Jarosz who had also won gold at the last European championships in Budva, while future pro world champions Eduard Mammadov and Michał Głogowski gained podium finishes. Other gold medallists who had also won at Budva included Dmitry Ayzyatulov (Full-Contact), Ruslan Tozliyan, Artur Tozliyan, Dmitri Krasichkov and Dejan Milosavljevic. Russia were easily the strongest country in the style with ten gold, four silver and four bronze across the male and female competitions.[6][7]

Men's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-51 kg Dmitry Ayzyatulov Russia Utkir Hudoyarov Kyrgyzstan Maxim Tulai Belarus
Abdellah Wargui Morocco
-54 kg Amine Alaoui M'Hamdi Morocco Mohamed Anis Ben Ammar Tunisia Emil Karimov Azerbaijan
Igor Pavlenko Ukraine
-57 kg Ruslan Tozliyan Russia Mustapha Ben-Sihmed Morocco Zurab Faroyan Moldova
Faycal Messaoudene France
-60 kg Artur Tozliyan Russia Eduard Mammadov Azerbaijan Medet Abzhanov Kazakhstan
Anan Brahim Algeria
-63.5 kg Maksut Ibraev Kazakhstan Robert Żytkiewicz Poland Vladimir Pykhtin Russia
Joao Diogo Portugal
-67 kg Konstantin Sbytov Russia Kabylbek Sadyrbayer Kazakhstan Kumar Jaliev Kyrgyzstan
Eldan Raonic Bosnia and Herzegovina
-71 kg Ibragim Tamazaev Russia Michał Głogowski Poland Mohamed Diaby France
Shukhrat Kudaiberdiyev Kazakhstan
-75 kg Konstantin Beloussov Russia Kanatbeck Sidigaliev Kyrgyzstan Dragan Micic Serbia and Montenegro
Mhiyaodi Azzeddine Morocco
-81 kg Dmitri Krasichkov Russia Drazenko Ninic Bosnia and Herzegovina Dénes Racz Hungary
Teppo Laine Finland
-86 kg Salko Zildzic Bosnia and Herzegovina Marin Roso Croatia Umberto Lucci Italy
Gamzat Islamagomedov Russia
-91 kg Dejan Milosavljevic Serbia and Montenegro Dimitri Antonenko Russia Ali Tawfik Iraq
Nuno Silva Portugal
+91 kg Łukasz Jarosz Poland Dragan Jovanović Serbia and Montenegro Anatoly Borozna Russia
Salan Hawbeer Iraq

Women's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Sanaa Jah Morocco Anabyeva Svetlana Russia No bronze medallists recorded
-52 kg Fatima Majdouline Morocco Rita De Angelis Italy Alicia Sahroui France
Ekaterina Dumbrava Russia
-56 kg Lidia Andreeva Russia Barbara Plazzoli Italy Maria Carmen Romero Spain
Rim Jouni Tunisia
-60 kg Fatima Bokova Russia Milijanka Cenic Serbia and Montenegro Tereze Lindberg Sweden
Samira El Halloumi Morocco
-65 kg Mimma Mandolini Italy Olga Zyk Russia Diana Bilyaliva Kazakhstan
-70 kg Vera Avdeev Russia Fatima Bellougadia Morocco Pierina Guerreri Italy
+70 kg Hanaa Nafil Morocco Julia Czernenko Russia No bronze medallists recorded

Thai-Boxing

Thai-Boxing, more commonly known as Muay Thai, is a type of kickboxing that allows the participants to throw punches, kicks, elbows and knees at full force to legal targets on the opponents body. Due to the physical nature of the sport, stoppages are not uncommon, although in amateur Thai-Boxing head and body protection must be worn. At Agadir both men and women took part in the style with the men having twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs and the women six, ranging from 52 kg/114.4 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs. There were a number of notable faces amongst the medal positions with fighters such as Faldir Chahbari, L'houcine Ouzgni and Sergei Gur all winning medals. Also of note was Djamal Kasumov who moved up in weight to add to the gold medal he had won at the last European championships in Budva. The host nation Morocco were easily the strongest country in Thai-Boxing, winning ten gold, three silver and three bronze medals across the male and female competitions. Regular winners Belarus did very poorly by her standards only picking up one gold as well as a smattering of silver and bronze medals.[8][9]

Men's Thai-Boxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-51 kg Aithma Abdelhakim Morocco Ivan Bityutskikh Russia Kumar Manis India
Sergei Skiba Belarus
-54 kg Issam Laafissi Morocco Shamil Abdulzhalilov Russia Giampiero Marceddu Italy
Karoly Kiss Hungary
-57 kg Eldar Umarakaev Russia Daniel Botella Spain Mostafa El Faresse Morocco
Javier Sánchez Ecuador
-60 kg Anouar Atigui Morocco Juri Zaukouski Belarus Gennaoliy Papu Kazakhstan
Arturo Ayala Spain
-63.5 kg Mohamed Ajuau Morocco Michele Iezzi Italy Antonio Garcia Spain
Mikhail Misin Russia
-67 kg Ilic Milislav Serbia and Montenegro Mahy Cruz Spain Hassan Ait Bassou Morocco
Aliaksandr Berazouski Belarus
-71 kg Frane Radnić Croatia Faldir Chahbari Morocco Shamil Gaydarbekov Russia
Muamer Tufekčić Bosnia and Herzegovina
-75 kg Mikhail Chalykh Russia Yuri Karbachou Belarus Krasimir Dimov Bulgaria
L'houcine Ouzgni Morocco
-81 kg Abdelilah Sarti Morocco Aliaksandr Shlakunov Belarus Salvatore Abate Italy
Nermin Basovic Bosnia and Herzegovina
-86 kg Yauhen Anhalevich Belarus Mounier Zekhnini Morocco Osman Vagabov Russia
Riccardo Ginepri Italy
-91 kg Igor Jurković Croatia Alexei Shevtsov Russia Andrei Malchanau Belarus
Darko Milasinovic Serbia and Montenegro
+91 kg Dzhamal Kasumov Russia Sergei Gur Belarus Kiril Pendirov Bulgaria
Adnan Redžović Bosnia and Herzegovina

Women's Thai-Boxing Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-52 kg Rajaa Hajdaoui Morocco Maria Krivoshapkina Russia No bronze medallists recorded
-56 kg Jilia Jelska Russia Mahjouba El Maghraoui Morocco Kristina Karamatić Croatia
-60 kg Fatima Ouahid Morocco Ana Mandic Croatia Sanja Samardzic Bosnia and Herzegovina
Juliana Werner Brazil
-65 kg Drissia Zahraoui Morocco Nevena Juranovic Serbia and Montenegro No bronze medallists recorded
-70 kg Salama Nakkab Morocco Nives Radic Croatia No bronze medallists recorded
+70 kg Samira El Haddad Morocco Albina Vaskeykina Russia No bronze medallists recorded

Musical Forms

Musical Forms is a type of non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques - more information on the style can be found on the W.A.K.O. website.[10] Unlike other styles at Agadir there were no weight divisions only male and female competitions. The men and women at Agadir competed in four different styles explained below:

The most notable winners in Musical Forms were Ashley Beck and Veronica Dombrovskaya who won golds medals in two different styles and both having won golds at previous W.A.K.O. championships. By the end of the event the most decorated nation in Musical Forms was Russia who dominated the medal positions by winning three gold, six silver and four bronze medals.[11][12]

Men's Musical Forms Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hard Styles Ashley Beck United Kingdom Michael Moeller Germany Andrei Sawuszkin Russia
Soft Styles Michael Moeller Germany Andrey Bosak Russia Yevgeny Krylov Russia
Hard Styles with Weapons Ashley Beck United Kingdom Andrey Bosak Russia Andrei Sawuszkin Russia
Soft Styles with Weapons Andrey Bosak Russia Andrei Sawuszkin Russia Michael Moeller Germany

Women's Musical Forms Medals Table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hard Styles Olga Koudinova Russia Jessica Holmes United Kingdom Marina Kramarowska Russia
Soft Styles Ekaterina Tchijikova Russia Yelena Czirkowa Russia Clara Bonet Riera Spain
Hard Styles with Weapons Veronica Dombrovskaya Belarus Ekaterina Tchijikova Russia Lora Minicucci Canada
Soft Styles with Weapons Veronica Dombrovskaya Belarus Yelena Czirkowa Russia Clara Bonet Riera Spain

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

Ranking Country Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
1 Russia Russia 17 15 11
2 Morocco Morocco 14 5 6
3 Belarus Belarus 3 4 4
4 Croatia Croatia 2 3 1
5 United Kingdom Great Britain 2 1 0

See also

References

  1. "Mondiali WAKO alla partenza! (Preview of event - Italian language)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. "Impressioni generali e numeri (In Italian - details on event, numbers etc)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. "Medals Table (Note that WAKO have appeared not have included Musical Forms results in final table)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. "WAKO world championship - LE IMPRESSIONI DEGLI OSPITANTI (In Italian - details on crowd etc)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "WAKO Low-Kick Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. "Mistrzostwa świata low kick i muaythai, Agadir, Maroko, 19–25.09 kobiety/Mężczyźni, low kick (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. "RISULTATI GENERALI DEL MONDIALE WAKO 2005 (Low-Kick results - Italian language)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. "Mistrzostwa świata low kick i muaythai, Agadir, Maroko, 19–25.09 Kobiety/Mężczyźni, muaythai (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. "RISULTATI GENERALI DEL MONDIALE WAKO 2005 (Thai-Boxing results - Italian language)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  10. "WAKO Musical Forms Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  11. "Mistrzostwa świata low kick i muaythai, Agadir, Maroko, 19–25.09 Mężczyźni, Kobiety, formy przy muzyce (Polish language - scroll down)" (PDF). download.kronikasportu.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  12. "LE FORME MUSICALI (Italian language - shows Musical Forms results tables)". www.ilguerriero.it. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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