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2023 WDSF World Breaking Championship
The 2023 WDSF World Breaking Championship was held in Leuven, Belgium from September 22nd to September 24th, 2023. The gold medalist in each category qualified for the Breaking competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Medal table Medalists Participating nations 177 competitors from 62 nations participated: # (1) # (2) # (2) # (4) # (4) # (2) # (4) (host) # (4) # (3) # (4) # (4) # (4) # (1) # (3) # (4) # (2) # (3) # (4) # (1) # (4) # (1) # (4) # (2) # (3) # (4) # (4) # (1) # (1) # (4) # (4) # (1) # (4) # (4) # (4) # (3) # (2) # (4) # (3) # (1) # (1) # (2) # (3) # (2) # (1) # (4) # (1) # (1) # (3) # (4) # (1) # (4) # (1) # (3) # (4) # (3) # (4) # (4) # (3) # (4) # (4) # (3) # (3) References External links World Dance Sport Federation{{World championships in 2023 World Championships, 2023 WDSF Dancesport competitions Breakdance International sports competitions hosted by Belgium WDSF The World Danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earliest mention of Leuven (''Loven'') dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to a legend, the city's red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World DanceSport Federation
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), formerly the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF), is the international governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ... of DanceSport and Para DanceSport, as recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Founded in 1957 as the International Council of Amateur Dancers (ICAD), it took the name IDSF in 1990. In 2011, it was renamed to WDSF to emphasise the global character of the organization. Presidents History * 1909 First unofficial ballroom championships in Paris * 1957 ICAD founded in Wiesbaden on 12 May 1957 * 1960 First television broadcast of Dancesport * 1990 Name changed to IDSF * 1992 Becomes a member of the General Association of Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaking At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Breakdancing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics ran from 9 to 10August at Place de la Concorde, marking the sport's official debut in the program and the first dancesport discipline to appear in Summer Olympic history. Following its successful debut at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, breaking was confirmed as one of the three additional sports, along with sport climbing and surfing, approved for Paris 2024. The competition saw a total of thirty-three breakers (sixteen b-boys and seventeen b-girls) staged in face-to-face single battles. IOC president Thomas Bach stated that breaking was added as part of an effort to draw more interest from young people in the Olympics. Inclusion Breaking was introduced at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as an optional (temporary) sport. Despite the United States being the birthplace of breakdancing, the sport is set not to be included at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; on its omittance in the latter, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Montalvo
Victor Montalvo (born May 1, 1994), also known mononymously as Victor, is an American b-boy. He was born in Kissimmee, Florida to parents from Puebla, Mexico. He participated at the 2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ... in the dancesport competition where he won the gold medal in the B-Boys event. He is also a two-time champion of Red Bull BC One, winning in 2015 and 2022. Montalvo became the first American to qualify for the Olympics in the sport of breaking. He is married to Ukrainian-born b-girl Kateryna Pavlenko. References External links Team USA bio 1994 births 21st-century American sportsmen American breakdancers American male dancers American people of Mexican descent Breakdancers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Hispanic and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Kim (breakdancer)
Philip Kim , also known as Phil Wizard is a Canadian breakdancer. Kim was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Early life Kim was born to Korean parents in Toronto, Canada, and now lives on the West Coast in Vancouver, British Columbia. His love of breaking began in 2009, when he saw the Now or Never (N.O.N.) crew performing street shows in downtown Vancouver. He briefly attended University to study Psychology before dropping out to pursue breaking full time. Career Kim won the gold medal at the 2022 WDSF World Breaking Championships in Seoul, South Korea, beating out more than 250 competitors for his world title. In 2023, Kim won gold at the WDSF Pan American Breaking Championship in Santiago, Chile followed by silver at the 2023 WDSF World Breaking Championship. In August 2023, Kim was named to Canada's 2023 Pan American Games team. References 1997 births Living people Canadian breakdancers Canadian people of Korean descent Sportspeople from Toronto Breakd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeyuki Nakarai
, also known mononymously as Shigekix, is a Japanese breakdancer. He participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where he won the bronze medal in the B-Boys event. In 2023, he won the gold for the men's breakdancing event in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ..., and a day later, was chosen to be Japan's flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the games. References 2002 births Living people People from Ōsakasayama, Osaka Japanese male dancers Japanese dancers Breakdancers World Games bronze medalists for Japan World Games medalists in dancesport 21st-century Japanese people Breakdancers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Asian Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominika Banevič
Dominika Banevič ( pl, Dominika Baniewicz; born 8 June 2007), also known as B-Girl Nicka, is a Lithuanian breakdancer of Polish ethnicity who won the 2023 European Championships title. Banevič is a student at the Polish-language John Paul II Gymnasium in Vilnius. She started practicing break dancing in September 2015. In 2021, she took part in the Polish School Youth Sports Games in Łomża. At the age of 16, she became world champion in Leuven in 2023. In 2023, Banevič won the Lithuanian national championships for the 4th time. Banevič represented Lithuania in break dancing at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, and won the silver medal. Upon returning to Lithuania, Česlav Okinčic Česlav Okinčic (Polish language, Polish: Czesław Okińczyc; born 13 September 1955) is a Polish people, Polish-Lithuanian politician, born in Vilnius. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithua ..., the former president of the Lithuanian Golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayumi Fukushima
, also known as Ayumi, is a Japanese Breakdancing, breakdancer. She participated at the 2022 World Games in the Dancesport at the 2022 World Games, dancesport competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the B-Girls event. In 2021, Fukushima won the world championship in a competition in France. She also participated at a Red Bull BC One competition. Ayumi works as a schoolteacher. Ayumi represented Japan in Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she made it to the final eight but lost 2-1 to India Sardjoe. References 1983 births Living people 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in dancesport Breakdancers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Dancers at the 2022 Asian Games Japanese breakdancers Japanese female dancers Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games Olympic breakdancers for Japan Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Kyoto World Games bronze medalists for Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sya Dembélé
Sya Dembélé (born 1 September 2007), also known mononymously as Syssy, is a French breakdancer. Early life and education Sya Dembélé was born on 1 September 2007 in Saint-Étienne, France. She is the daughter of professional artists from the African dance group Doni Doni. Her father was a griot in Burkina Faso, while her mother is a choreographer. Her family is passionate about dancing, and she started dancing at the age of eight. Her brother Damani also practises breakdancing, and she admired and emulated him. Her elder brother, Soso, also has a high profile in the breakdancing world. Career Dembélé, under her stage name Syssy, has been dancing internationally since she was nine years old, evolving in the group Melting Force. The team was founded in 1999, and comprises around 15 members ranging from 10 to 40 years old. Dembélé participated in her first international competition recognized by the World DanceSport Federation in early 2022 (being too young to par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In Dancesport
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
