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W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Belgrade)
W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade were the joint 16th edition of the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, W.A.K.O. world championships - the second event would be held later that year in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. They were for amateur male and female kickboxers and covered the following categories; K-1, Low-Kick and Light-Contact. Weight classes for men ranged from light bantamweight (51 kg or 112 lb) to super heavyweight (over 91 kg or 200.6 lb), while the women's ranged from featherweight (52 kg or 114.6 lb) to super heavyweight (over 70 kg or 154 lb). More information on the categories, weight classes and rules is provided in the various sections below. In total there were 1085 athletes at the championships, representing sixty countries including China (taking part for the first time), fighting in 49 tournaments. The Belgrade championships were held at the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, Serbia from Monday, September 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Association Of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (W.A.K.O or WAKO) is an international kickboxing organization counting over 120 affiliated countries representing all five continents. WAKO is a major governing body of amateur kickboxing and is responsible for the development of kickboxing worldwide. The organization was officially recognized as an official kickboxing governing body by Sport Accord. WAKO is recognized by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). History In 1977, WAKO was founded in Europe and formulated the rules and regulations acting as the Kickboxing Federation of the World. It was founded by American Kickboxing promoter Mike Anderson, and his friend, German Kickboxing promoter Georg F Brueckner, Georg Brueckner. WAKO was officially registered in Zurich, Switzerland and become the largest unified kickboxing organization in the world. In 2006, the '':ru:International Amateur Karate-Kickboxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Stanić
Ivan Stanić (born May 28, 1983) is a Croatian cruiserweight Muay Thai kickboxer, former W.B.C. Muaythai world champion and King of the Ring muay thai world champion. Personal life Stanić has finished Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija. He is also student of University of Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology for specialist graduate professional study. He is employed by Generali Group as a Risk manager and also works as a fitness trainer for professional athletes and recreational athletes. Career During Opatija Fight Night 2, Stanić fought the incumbent WBC Muaythai World cruiserweight champion Frédérique Bellonie for his title. He defeated Bellonie by a majority decision. He replaced injured Cheick Sidibe in a match against tadej Toplak at ''Enfusion 3: Trial of the Gladiators'' on December 2, 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Stanić accepted the fight although he had only 10 days to prepare and to lose 9 kilograms, because of that he ended in hospital and in ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Trimmel
Nicole Trimmel (born October 13, 1982), is an Austrian kickboxer. She is a multiple World Champion and European Champion in Kickboxing. Since 2004 she holds the title of Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year. In 2004 and 2005 she was awarded Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year. The following year, Trimmel received an Order of Merit by the Republic of Austria and by the Federal State Burgenland respectively. Early life and education Nicole Trimmel was born in Vienna, Austria to Anita and Walter Trimmel. Her brother is Roland Trimmel. Having spent the early years of her life in Vienna the family decided to move back to Oslip, the parent’s hometown, in 1986. The fascination of martial arts took Nicole Trimmel already when being a small child. However, the path to kickboxing included a number of other sports, such as athletics and women’s soccer, in which all of them she was successful. Only in 1997, when being in secondary school, she made her first experience in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ounce
The ounce () is any of several different units of mass, weight or volume and is derived almost unchanged from the , an Ancient Roman units of measurement, Ancient Roman unit of measurement. The #International avoirdupois ounce, avoirdupois ounce (exactly ) is Pound (mass)#Avoirdupois pound, avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary units, United States customary and British imperial unit, imperial ounce. It is primarily used in the United States to measure packaged foods and food portions, postal items, areal density of fabric and paper, boxing gloves, and so on, but it is sometimes also used elsewhere in the Anglosphere. Although the avoirdupois ounce is the mass measure used for most purposes, the 'troy ounce' of exactly is used instead for the mass of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, etc. The term 'ounce' is also used in other contexts: * The #Ounce-force, ounce-force is a measure of force (see below). * The fluid ounce is a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Jovanović (kickboxer)
Dragan "Gagi" Jovanović (born 10 October 1977) is a Serbian heavyweight kickboxer, multiple W.A.K.O. European and World champion, and W.A.K.O. Pro Full-Contact Rules European Champion. He challenged Alban Galonnier for W.A.K.O. Pro Low Kick Rules Super Heavyweight World Title on 15 May 2008 in Serbia, losing the fight by 3rd-round TKO. Titles *2012 W.A.K.O. European Championships +91 kg *2012 W.A.K.O. World Cup +91 kg *2011 W.A.K.O World Championships +91 kg *2011 W.A.K.O Balkans Championships +91 kg *2011 Serbia Open Cup Champion +91 kg *2009 W.A.K.O World Championships +91 kg *2009 W.A.K.O. World Cup +91 kg *2008 W.A.K.O. European Championships +91 kg *2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships +91 kg *2006 W.A.K.O. European Championships +91 kg *2005 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships +91 kg *2004 W.A.K.O. Balkans Championships *2004 W.A.K.O. Pro Full-Contact Rules European Champion *2002 W.A.K.O. Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Jurković
Igor Jurković (born 15 July 1985) is a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer fighting out of Poreč, Croatia. He was 6 times Croatian national champion 2004, 2005, 2006 in Thai boxing, and kickboxing champion 2005 in full contact, 2005 and 2006 in low kick rules, and also was sparring partner of Mirko Cro Cop. He has fought in K-1 and he is under contract with Glory promotion. Since of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #8 light heavyweight in the world by GLORY. Biography and Career Igor "The Istrian Warrior" Jurković was born in the city of Poreč, Croatia. He started kickboxing after watching Mirko Filipović knocking out Mike Bernardo, and as Bernardo was falling down, a new kickboxer, decisive to continue Croatian kickbox glory was rising. Igor was six time Croatian kickboxing champion, also W.A.K.O. amateur world champion under Muay Thai rules, also winning bronze and silver medals on other W.A.K.O. championships. "Le Grand Tournoi" He was K-1 Rules "Le Grand Tournoi" 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Pagonis
Nenad Pagonis ( sr-cyr, Ненад Пагонис; born 28 July 1987) is a Serbian cruiserweight kickboxer fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Team Pagonis in Novi Sad, Serbia. In 2010 he became W.A.K.O. Pro world champion (K-1 rules). He won a number of world and European titles at amateur level. Biography and career Pagonis is of Greek paternal descent. In 2006, at the age of 19, he won a gold medal at the yearly Balkan Bames, and won gold at the W.A.K.O. European championships held in Macedonia. From 2007 to 2009 he won two world championships, two world cups and a further Balkans championship. In 2010 Pagonis became professional, and won the W.A.K.O Pro world title against reigning champion Antonio Sousa, winning by a third round stoppage victory in Milan Sousa was knocked down three times before the referee stopped the fight. Pagonis then joined Mike's Gym in the Netherlands where he trained with fighters including Badr Hari and Melvin Manhoef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Głogowski
Michał Głogowski (born May 25, 1984) is a Polish welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Siedlce for TKKF Siedlce. He is the WKN Low Kick World Champion and the K-1 Europe MAX 2008 in Poland runner up. Amateur career Michal won his first amateur international competition representing Poland at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2004 in Budva, Montenegro. He defeated all three of his opponents at the championship by decision to take the gold medal in the 71 kg Low Kick rules category. The following year he entered the W.A.K.O. World Cup 2005 held in Piacenza, Italy. Michal won a silver medal at this event, finishing runner up against compatriot Ziemnicki Przemyslaw in the final of the Light Contact 69 kg category. He also won a silver medal in Low-Kick at the world championships in Agadir, Morocco later on in the year. Over the next couple of years Michal would have mixed successes on the amateur circuit, suffering the disappointment of a semi final exit (and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Mammadov
Eduard Mammadov (born January 2, 1978, in Baku) is an Azerbaijani kickboxer, nicknamed the "White Wolf". He is a current fourteen times World Association of Kickboxing Organizations World Heavyweight Low Kick Champion and the European World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion. Kickboxing career Mammadov started his professional kickboxing career in 1993 and since then won all Azerbaijani Kickboxing Championship titles. Coaching career He started his coaching career in 2000 and currently working as kickboxing coach in local school. Titles Eduard has won 25 world titles, 7 European titles and been champion of Azerbaijan 15 times. Professional * W.A.K.O Pro world champion Amateur *2009 W.P.K.A. World Championships in Madrid, Spain -60 kg (K-1 Rules) *2009 W.P.K.A. World Championships in Madrid, Spain -60 kg (Low-Kick) *2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Coimbra, Portugal -60 kg (Full-Contact) *2007 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia -60 kg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |