— (born November 24, 1979) is a

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kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...

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Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

World Champion.

Martial arts career

Shibata won the

ISKA The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United ...

World Muay Thai Flyweight title in 2001, with a third round KO over Karen Williams. Shibata was scheduled to fight Semma Yerlice during the WCK event in Las Vegas. She won the fight by a second round TKO. Sachiko retired from professional sports in 2007, following a knee injury.

Titles

*WIKBA World Muay Thai Super Flyweight Champion *ISKA World Jr Flyweight Champion *WMTA World Flyweight Champion

Kickboxing record

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Ilonka Elmont Ilonka Giovanna Elmont (born September 11, 1974) is a Surinamese-Dutch professional Muay Thai kickboxer. Better knowns as "The Killer Queen". She is 7 x World Champion, 1 x European Champion and 2 x Dutch Champion in the Fly-Weight division ( ...

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Boxing record

External links

Sachiyo Shibata Awakening Profile

References

1979 births Living people Japanese women boxers Japanese female kickboxers People from Saitama Prefecture Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture {{japan-martialart-bio-stub