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

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 in Szeged were the joint fifteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the third ever to be held in Hungary - with the other event having been held a couple of months earlier in Agadir, Morocco. The championships in Szeged were open to amateur men and women from across the world with around 720 athletes from 48 countries across five continents taking part.[1]

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)
The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged).
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
Date28 November (Start)
5 December 2005 (End)
VenueVárosi Sportcsarnok
City Szeged, Hungary
Attendance4,000
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon)

There were four styles on offer at Szeged; Full-Contact, Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Aero-Kickboxing. The other styles (Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms) were held at the Agadir event. By the end of the championships, Russia were the strongest nation overall, followed closely by hosts Hungary, with Italy in third place. The event was held at the Városi Sportcsarnok in Szeged, Hungary on Monday, 28 November to Monday, 5 December 2005 in front of a crowd of around 4,000.[2]

Participating Nations

There were around 48 nations from five continents across the world participating at the 2005 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Szeged including:[3]

           

Full-Contact

Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants are allowed to throw punches and kicks at full force at legal targets above the waist. Victories are usually achieved via a point's decision or referee stoppage (e.g. KO/TKO) and as with most other forms of amateur kickboxing, all participants must wear the required head and body protection. More information on Full-Contact kickboxing and the rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[4] Both men and women had competitions at Szegad, with the men having twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs and the women seven, ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 70 kg/+143 lbs.

Despite there not being as many familiar faces taking part in the style as in the past, there were a number of double winners who had won at the last European championships in Budva, with Zurab Faroyan and Daniel Martins picking up gold medals. There were also several winners who had won at the 2003 world championships in Paris with Jere Reinikainen and Karolina Lukasik winning gold, while Igor Kulbaev did even better by picking up his third gold medal in a row at a W.A.K.O. championships having also won at Budva and Paris. Regular leaders Russia were once again the top nation in Full-Contact, winning six gold, four silver and five bronze medals in both the male and female categories.[5][6]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Iwan Bityutskikh Almhid Mntsar Joaquín Céspedes Salas
Amir Tnalin
Bantamweight -54 kg Gabor Aburko Igor Pavlenko Mokhmad Betmirzaev
Tomasz Makowski
Featherweight -57 kg Zurab Faroyan Rkaibi Mounir Nurbolat Rysmagambetov
Hosseim Azimi Zamen
Lightweight -60 kg Daniel Martins Sandor Kornel Zlatomir Dimitrov
Evgeniy Khil
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Arild Mikarlsen Biagio Tralli Olexandr Gibert
Abdukhalim Bakhtiyev
Welterweight -67 kg Jere Reinikainen Eldin Raonic Michelle Manzoni
Pavel Tarik
Light Middleweight -71 kg Igor Kulbaev Mariusz Ziętek Dmytro Yatskov
Robert Arvai
Middleweight -75 kg Azamat Belgibaev Mhiyaoui Azzeddine Martin Nachev
Manuchari Pipiya
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Denis Grachev Mamadou Traoré David Nogode
Almat Serimon
Cruiserweight -86 kg Stephen Thompson Sergey Bodgan Jonathan Gromark
Mairis Briedis
Heavyweight -91 kg Denys Simkin Marko Tomasović Yerzhan Shegenov
Balazs Varga
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Yuri Abramov Michal Wszelak Kenan Akbulat
Jukka Saarinen

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg Valeria Calabrese Jenny Hardingz Helena Kalinowski
Nawal Bouzlaf
-52 kg Fatma Akyüz Anna Krivoguzova Maris Joeveer
Mette Solli
-56 kg Zsuzsanna Szuknai Lidia Andreeva Jutta Nordberg
Natalie Kalinowski
-60 kg Monika Florek Olga Zyk Valeriya Kurlyuk
Sanja Samardzic
-65 kg Vera Avdeeva Anne Katas Chiara Mandelli
Rita Parkanyi
-70 kg Karolina Lukasik Nives Radic Elena Solareva
Tetyana Ivashchenko
+70 kg Samira El Haddad Jenna Droluk Adina Cocieru
Galina Ivanova

Light-Contact

Light-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants can aim kicks and punches thrown with moderate force at legal targets above the waist. It is less physical than Full-Contact but more so than Semi-Contact and is often seen as a transitional stage by fighters wishing to eventually move on to fully physical competition. Most fights are settled by a point's decision although stoppages can occur and like with other forms of amateur kickboxing, head and body protection must be worn. More information on Light-Contact can be found at the W.A.K.O. website.[7] At Szeged the men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six, ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs.

While not full of Nnticeable names there were a few stand out winners in Light-Contact with James Stewart and Tonje Sørlie winning two gold medals at the same championships (they would win in Semi-Contact as well) and regular winners Zoltan Dancso, Klara Morton and Nusa Rajher also picking up winners medals. By the end of the event Hungary were the strongest country in Light-Contact, winning four gold, four silver and two bronze medals.[8][9]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Maxim Aysin Dezső Debreczeni Bakyttay Aukenov
Przemyslaw Rekowski
-63 kg Evgeny Mayer Sándor Szántó Bengt Karlsson
Kostyantyn Demoretskyy
-69 kg Ruslan Ishmakov Gregory Larbi Rudolf Grega
Timur Hamidullin
-74 kg Ales Zemljic Jerzy Wronski Mario Butschkat
Oliver Stricz
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso Christophe Touzeau Konstantin Seitov
Andrea Primitivi
-84 kg Jeno Novak Mariusz Niziolek Fabian Fingerhut
Marat Pukhaev
-89 kg Michael Reinbold Gavin Williamson Wojciech Myslinski
Tibor Wappel
-94 kg Christian Schulz Agostino Pavesi Vladimir Celar
Bartłomiej Bocian
+94 kg James Stewart Rishat Kabirov Merlin Gehrt
Mark Graden

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Reka Krempf Alexandra Kibanova Heidi Williamsson
Florence Zaaboula
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie Roxane Laszak Christina McMahon
Żaneta Cieśla
-60 kg Klara Marton Julie McHale Julia Göldner
Sara Reale
-65 kg Katarzyna Furmaniak Marianna Hudak Sabina Sehic
Louise Dixon
-70 kg Nusa Rajher Ivett Pruzsinszky Katja Moehle
Karoline Ek
+70 kg Mieke Hink Oxana Kinakh Stefanie Hildebrandt
Szabina Domokos

Semi-Contact

Semi-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants are allowed to punch and kick one another at legal targets above the waist with minimal force being applied. Almost all matches are settled by a point's decision with the judges scoring on the basis of speed, technique and skill with power prohibited. Despite the less physical nature of the style, various head and body protection is mandatory. More information on Semi-Contact can be found at the W.A.K.O. website.[10] As with Light-Contact the men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had six, ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 70 kg/154 lbs.

Although not exactly full of glamorous names there were nevertheless several notable winners in Semi-Contact with James Stewart and Tonje Sørlie winning two gold medals at the same championships (they would win in Light-Contact as well) and regular winners Dezső Debreczeni, Gregorio Di Leo (third gold medal in a row) and Luisa Lico also picking up winners medals. By the end of the championships, as with Light-Contact, Hungary were the strongest nation in Semi-Contact beating stiff competition from Italy, winning three golds, three silvers and two bronze medals.[11][12]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni Maxim Aysin Miroslav Grgic
Piotr Bakowski
-63 kg Adriano Passoro Viktor Hirsch Robert Haugh
Philippe Rossi
-69 kg Gregorio Di Leo Christian Boujibar Krisztian Jaroszkievicz
Daniel Harrison
-74 kg Alexander Lane Jacey Cashman Robert McMenamy
Bjorn Baert
-79 kg Jason Brown Kurt Baert Neri Stella
Faton Rexhaj
-84 kg Zvonimir Gribl Robert Knödelseder Christoph Steinlechner
Drew Neal
-89 kg Peter Ciskos Joseph Greenhalgh Marko Desa
David Heffernan
-94 kg Pero Gazilj Colin O'Shaughnessy Andrea Ongaro
Mark Brown
+94 kg James Stewart Daniel Haendel Marco Culiersi
Seppi Patterer

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Fadeeva Svetlana Samantha Aquilano Reka Krempf
Andreja Ivas
-55 kg Tonje Sørlie Betty Kovacs Dorota Godzina
Galani Panagiota
-60 kg Luisa Lico Carolin Pitzke Christina Szytenchelm
Vedrana Halincic
-65 kg Elaine Small Barbara Szendrei Patricia Berlingieri
Lisa Boardman
-70 kg Natalie Cassidy Ana Znaor Ivett Pruzsinszky
Adelaide Callegari
+70 kg Barbara Kovacs Oxana Kinakh Sonya Coakley-Hanan
Romina Succi

Overall medals standing (top 5)
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze
1 Russia 10 9 6
2 Hungary 9 8 7
3 Italy 4 3 9
4 Poland 3 4 9
5 Germany 3 3 10

See also

References
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