W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 in Jesolo were the joint fifteen European kickboxing championships (the other was held in Moscow the same year) hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization and the sixth championships (world and European) to be held in Italy. The event was open to amateur men and women from across Europe and there were three styles on offer; Low-Kick (men only), Light-Contact and Semi-Contact. By the end of the championships the most successful nation was the hosts Italy, followed by Hungary in second and Kyrgyzstan in third. The event was held over five days at the Palasport Cornaro in Jesolo, Italy starting on Wednesday, 18 October and ending on Sunday, 22 October 2000.
Low-Kick
Low-Kick is similar to Full-Contact kickboxing except that it allows kicks below the knee. Matches are usually resolved by a point's decision or referee stoppage and as is common in amateur kickboxing, both fighters have to wear head and body protection – more detail on Low-Kick rules can be found at the W.A.K.O. website. At Jesolo the style was open to men only, with there being twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs. The most notable winner was Ivan Strugar who won his fifth gold medal at an amateur W.A.K.O. championships. Kyrgyzstan was the top nation in Low-Kick winning four golds, one silver and two bronze medals.
Men's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table
Light Bantamweight -51 kgSinisa Marinkovic Gianpiero Marceddu Utkir Hudoyarov Alberto Costa Bantamweight -54 kgIgor Pavlenko Mariusz Cieśliński Mirbek Suyumbaev Francesco De Luca Featherweight -57 kgTafay Duyshekeev Evgeny Khil Pedro Marta Michele Iezzi Lightweight -60 kgViatcheslav Tislenko Nuno Neves Oleksandr Kozachenko Milisav Ilic Light Welterweight -63.5 kgJanbulat Amantaev Alexandre Pogorelov Hebojsa Marinkovic Ruslan Melnyk Welterweight -67 kgLuca Lazzaro Isa Mambetov Enrique Martinez Oliver Elisabeth Light Middleweight -71 kgKonstantin Beloussov Carlos Tavares Ruslan Kovalenko Kanatbek Sydygaliev Middleweight -75 kgIvan Strugar Oleg Outenine Davyd Dzhydzhelava David Dancrade Light Heavyweight -81 kgDrazenko Ninic Aslanbek Dychekov Istvan Denes Anatoliy Dudchenko Cruiserweight -86 kgAnuar Ibraev Dmitri Vorobjov Leonid Mironenko Vassili Komakov Heavyweight -91 kgRuslan Avasov Tugomir Gruica Darko Milasinovic Tibor Nagy Super Heavyweight +91 kgIvan Rudan Mirko Vlahovic Yevgeni Orlov Dejan Mitrovski
Light-Contact
Light-Contact is a form of kickboxing that is less physical than Full-Contact but more so than Semi-Contact and is often seen as a stepping stone between the two. Fighters score points on the basis of speed and technique over brute force although stoppages can occur, and as with other amateur kickboxing styles head and body protection must be worn – more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website. The men had nine weight divisions in the style 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. Notable winners at Jesolo included Dawid Kowalski, Martin Albers and Michal Wszelak who had all won gold medals at the last world championships in Caorle. By the end of the championships Hungary was the most successful nation in Light-Contact, winning four gold medals, two silver and four bronze.
Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-57 kgFouad Habbani Dezso Debreczeni Danijel Mrkoci -63 kgDawid Kowalski Egidio Carsana Robert Arvai -69 kgYouseff Lattaoui Marcel Fekonja Gianluca Manca Vitaliy Piatetsky -74 kgPaul Lynch Rafal Petertil Sergey Androssiou -79 kgZoltan Dancso Vadym Pikiner Darren Duncan -84 kgMartin AlbersBogumil Polonski Jozsef Jorcsak -89 kgDirk Kindl Yohann Lemaire Marek Marszal -94 kgSalim Mohamed Dmitry Gerasimov Toni Turk +94 kgEmmanuel Mendy Alex Melcher Wojciech Szczerbiński
Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-50 kgSzilvia Csicsely Renate Sandland Ioulia Trofimova Julita Tkaczyk -55 kgAgnes Tapai Edyta Olewniczak Rada Matsonen Andrea Rzehak -60 kgMarzia Davide Monika Florek Sanja Stunja Margaryta Dyadyk -65 kgIvett Pruzsinszky Suzana Stunja Annamaria Sisonna Saida Gasanova -70 kgLarysa Berezenko Marijana Birin Annalisa Ghiladri Szilvia Linezmayer +70 kgKelly Zanini Viktoria Kovacs Anja Renfordt Biserka Siranovic
Semi-Contact
Semi-Contact is a form of kickboxing in which fights were won by points given due to technique, skill and speed, with physical force limited and as with other forms of amateur kickboxing, head and body protection is worn – more information on Semi-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website. 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. By the end of the championships Italy was by far the strongest nation in Semi-Contact picking up six golds, three silvers and two bronzes.
Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-57 kgDezső Debreczeni Gianluca Scolari Rafal Kaluzny Fouad Habbani -63 kgVasilis Tatiadis Andrea Misiani Rudolf Vrba Donald Kealy -69 kgEirik Gunderson Richard Calixte Faton Redzas Mihaly Koszogovits -74 kgRoy Baker Roman Martin Zvonimir Gribl Domenico De Marco -79 kgMichel Decian Zoltan Dancso Igor Sharov Stelios Polites -84 kgPeter Edwards Ozcan Arslan Valeriy Drevilo Christian Bazdaric -89 kgPeter Csikos Clifton Finlay David Tarpey Roberto Montuoro -94 kgGiuseppe Fracaroli Halis Arslan Laszlo Toth Andreas Mohr +94 kgMarco Culiersi Karl-Heinz Kohl Brenner Emmanuel Mendy Paul Coffey
Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-50 kgSamantha Aquilano Krisztina Poropszki Veronique Legras Katarzyna Nowak -55 kgGloria De Bei Agnes Tapai Gonca Thurm Maria Pia Litvinova -60 kgLuisa Lico Melanie Moder Lin Sissel Archer Jana Moravcova -65 kgAnita Madsen Emanuela Amisani Anastasiya Savinova Adriane Doppler -70 kgAnna Megliaccio Marijana Birin Lenka Klofacova Szilvia Linczmayer +70 kgNadya Sibila Nicola Corbett Kateryna Chernetska Viktoria Kovacs
Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze 1 Italy 9 5 9 2 Hungary 6 5 10 3 Kyrgyzstan 4 1 2 4 France 3 3 6 5 Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 3
See also List of WAKO Amateur European Championships List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
References
External links WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site