Yulia Sachkov ( he, יוליה סצ'קוב, born 1998), is an Israeli
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 ...
. She is the 2019
World Kickboxing Champion in the under-48 kilogram (114.5 pound) weight class of
K-1 style kickboxing.
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26 October 2019
Biography
Sachkov was born in
Haifa, Israel
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
, and is Jewish.
She serves in the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
as an outstanding athlete.
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''Maariv'', 26/10/19
She is the 2016 World Cup Junior Kickboxing Champion, the 2017 European Junior Kicking Champion, the 2018
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 ...
(WAKO) Senior World Kickboxing Champion, winner of the 2018 WAKO Croatia Kickboxing Open Gold Medal, winner of the 2018 WAKO Bestfighter in the World Cup Championship, winner of the Absolute Champion in the K-1 and KL European Cup, and winner of the 2019 WAKO Austria World Cup.
Sachkov was awarded the Israeli Young Athlete of the Year Award by Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport
Miri Regev
Miriam "Miri" Regev ( he, מִרְיָם "מִירִי" רֶגֶב; born Miriam Siboni on 26 May 1965) is an Israeli politician and a former brigadier-general in the Israel Defense Forces, in which she served as IDF Spokeswoman. She currently s ...
in 2017.
She lost a preliminary match at
Bellator 209 to Viktoria Makarova by TKO (punches) in the first round.
Sachkov is the 2019
World Kickboxing Champion, having won the gold medal in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...
in
Bosnia
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in the under-52 kilogram (114.5 pound) weight class of
K-1 style kickboxing at 21 years of age.
See also
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List of select Jewish mixed martial artists
References
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1999 births
People from Haifa
Living people
Israeli female kickboxers
Israeli Muay Thai practitioners
Female Muay Thai practitioners
Female kickboxers
Jewish martial artists