W.A.K.O. European Championships 2012 in Bucharest were the joint twenty-three European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Romanian Full-Contact Martial Arts Federation (F.R.A.M.C.) president Dorel Bulearcă. The first event was held the previous month in Ankara, Turkey. It was the first W.A.K.O. event to be held in Bucharest and Romania and involved over 550 amateur men and women from 35 countries across Europe.
There were four styles on offer at Bucharest: Full-Contact, Semi-Contact, Light-Contact and Musical Forms. Only one competitor per weight division were allowed to participate in the first three, while Musical Forms was allowed two maximum per country.
The top nation by the end of the championships was Russia, with Italy in second and Hungary in third. The winners of the Full-Contact and Semi-Contact events qualified for the World Combat Games 2013.
The event was held over five days at the Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest, Romania, starting on Tuesday, 27 November and ending on Saturday, 1 December 2012.
Full-Contact
Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where the contestants can throw punches and kicks with full power at legal targets above the waist. Victories are usually gained via a point's decision or by referee stoppage and as with most other forms of amateur kickboxing, various head and body protection must be worn.
Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Light Bantamweight -51 kgAlexey Trifonov Dimitri Shudolschi Wojciech Peryt Çağrı Coşkun Bantamweight -54 kgIlnaz Sayfullin Çağdaş Yıkılmaz Guillaume Oz-uzun Evgheni Ivanchenco Featherweight -57 kgAlexandr Shamray Hüseyin Dündar Artem Skobchenko Roberto Pizzagalli Lightweight -60 kgVasily Zaytsev Nurettin Diler Kamel Bacha Damian Lawniczak Light Welterweight -63.5 kgSergey Lipinets Gábor Garbics Saidi William Kostyantin Demoretskyy Welterweight -67 kgAmansio Paraschiv Oleg Zaytcev Piotr Odwazny Davyd Ahakhanov Light Middleweight -71 kgNikita Selyansky Zsolt Benedek Hallgeir Lien Gregor Stračanek Middleweight -75 kgYusup Magomedbekov Andreas Lodrup Hünkar Kılıç Teo Mikelic Light Heavyweight -81 kgSamet Keser Marian Makaveev Vincent Grác Mariusz Niziołek Cruiserweight -86 kgMarco Deckmann Ian Petrovich Cristian Vedovelli Roman Hasparian Heavyweight -91 kgEugen Waigel Alexei Papin Igor Prykhodko Dănuţ Hurduc Super Heavyweight +91 kgEmin Panian Hamza Kendircioglu Ivan Tkachenko Georgij Fibich
Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Bantamweight -48 kgValeria Calabrese Rada Akulova Hulya Allkayis Malene Feldt Featherweight -52 kgSandra Drabik Valentina Filatova Funda Tiken Clarissa Oddi Lightweight -56 kgTonje Sørlie Dorota Godzina Camilla Wiksten Veronika Petrikova Middleweight -60 kgThea Therese Næss Fatima Bokova Ashley Brace Maneka Kissel Light Heavyweight -65 kgCathrine Heggøy Fonnes Ksenia Miroshnichenko Nicole Trimmel Sema Fatma Okansoy Heavyweight -70 kgNives Radic Beata Leśnik Lucie Mlejnkova Irina Gavrilova Super Heavyweight +70 kgAnna Gladkikh Eda Sahin Denitsa Boyanova Karolina Dziedzic
Semi-Contact
Semi-Contact is the least physical of the contact kickboxing styles available at W.A.K.O. events. It involves the participants throwing controlled strikes at targets above the waist, with point's scored on the basis of speed and technique with power prohibited. Despite the less physical nature all contestants must wear head and various body protection.
Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-57 kgDavide Colla László Varga Vyacheslav Shcherbakov Ricardo Kremps -63 kgRichárd Veres Adriano Passaro Nick Ramael Dessie Leonard -69 kgDavide Sfulcini Jay Daniels Alex Veres Antonio Lo Prete -74 kgLászló Gömbös Mark McDermott Phillip Ruckdeschel Tilen Zajc -79 kgTamás Imre Dean Barry Marco Nordio Emanuil Dimitrov -84 kgRobbie McMenamy Roman Brandl Neri Stella Dmitriy Iakovlev -89 kgRobert Knaseder Bjorn Van Hoyweghen David Firth Marco Bubba -94 kgPaolo Niceforo Michel Decian Primož Bračič Alexander Federer +94 kgKrisztian Jaroszkievicz Chris Aston Philipp Salugin Idris Ünver
Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-50 kgGiulia Cavallaro Mercédesz Veres Bo Mangan Ebru Özmen -55 kgLuisa Gullotti Nelly Hanicz Valeriya Utkina Eirin Dale -60 kgShauna Bannon Gloria De Bei Evelyn Neyens Adrienne Kadas -65 kgCaradh O'Donovan Ina Grindheim Carlotta Pra Andrea Busa -70 kgHenrietta Nagy Amber Makaulauski Adelheid Rump +70 kg Anna Kondár Gaynor Morgan Diletta Faiola
Team's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
TeamHungary Italy Bulgaria Great Britain
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 transition between the two. Contestants score points on the basis of speed and technique over brute force although stoppages can occur, although as with other amateur forms head and body protection must be worn. Unfortunately, it is often in the shadow of the full contact styles.
Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-57 kgKacper Narloch Metin Adanç Norbert Rizmayer Mahmoud Sheikh -63 kgAleksandr Bakirov Alex Crotti Matthias Jenni Maciej Domińczak -69 kgRustam Mirzoev Nenad Manojlovski Itay Gershon Maciej Garbaczewski -74 kgLászló Anda Dimitar Gjorgiev Alexey Lenberg Wojciech Niedzielski -79 kgAivar Gafurov Kamila Ruta Andrei Costea Salvatore Mangiafico -84 kgMichał Mączka Willmark Procida Matej Engler Ghenadie Bitco -89 kgDejan Vajs]] Franz Gruber Bogdan Nicolae Zamfir Cyprian Grzęda -94 kgViktor Hargitai Danilo Zaccone Mihail Cârstea Patryk Zaborowski +94 kgMichał Wszelak Peter Bayer Daniel Alexandru Artem Vasylenko
Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
-50 kgŻaneta Cieśla Patricia Pulling Plamena Tsigularova Valentina Cabras -55 kgNicole Perona Iwona Nieroda Clara Lanuzel Victoria Usachenko -60 kgPaulina Frankowska Albena Malcheva Adriana Tricoci Isabela Kovačič -65 kgAnett Miskolczi Ambre Lopez Gordana Cvetkovska Lucia Cmarova -70 kgMarta Waliczek Veronika Kohutova Cristina Caruso Veronika Kohutova +70 kgGiulia Compagno Denitsa Koleva Kata Boros
Musical Forms
Musical Forms is a type of non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques. Unlike Full, Semi and Light-Contact kickboxing there were no weight divisions, only male and female competitions and competitors were allowed to compete in more than one category with some countries having than one athlete in each category. The men and women at Bucharest competed in four different styles explained below:
Hard Styles – coming from Karate and Taekwondo. Soft Styles – coming from Kung Fu and Wu-Sha. Hard Styles with Weapons – using weapons such as Kama, Sai, Tonfa, Nunchaku, Bō, Katana. Soft Styles with Weapons - using weapons such as Naginata, Nunchaku, Tai Chi Chuan Sword, Whip Chain.
Men's Musical Forms Medals Table
Open Hand - Hard StyleNikita Tsyganok Denis Gavrilov Alberto Leonardi Open Hand - Soft StyleIvan Baev Linar Bagautdinov Mihai Ioana Weapons - Hard StyleRoman Chizhov Denis Gavrilov No bronze awardedWeapons - Soft StyleIvan Baev Linar Bagautdinov Slavko Majkić
Women's Musical Forms Medals Table
Open Hand - Hard StyleElena Chirkova Olga Kuskova Kateryna Petenova Open Hand - Soft StyleVeronika Dombrovskaya Ekaterina Tuvaeva Olga Timchenko Weapons - Hard StyleDarya Danausova Anna Likhonina Elena Chirkova Weapons - Soft StyleVeronika Dombrovskaya Ekaterina Tuvaeva Darya Masharo
Medal table
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze 1 Russia 18 15 9 2 Italy 12 6 13 3 Hungary 9 8 7 4 Poland 7 4 11 5 Ireland 4 5 4 6 Norway 3 2 2 7 Germany 3 0 4 8 Turkey 1 6 7 9 Great Britain 1 1 4 10 Belarus 2 0 1 11 Ukraine 1 0 9 12 Romania 1 0 6 13 Slovenia 1 0 5 14 Croatia 1 0 1 15 Austria 0 4 4 16 France 0 3 6 17 Bulgaria 0 3 4 18 Switzerland 0 2 2 19 Macedonia 0 2 1 20 Moldova 0 1 2 20 Belgium 0 1 2 20 Czech Republic 0 1 2 23 Slovakia 0 0 5 24 Israel 0 0 2 25 Denmark 0 0 1 25 Finland 0 0 1
See also List of WAKO Amateur European Championships List of WAKO Amateur World Championships List of male kickboxers List of female kickboxers
References
External links WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site BUCHAREST EC: ALL OFFICIALS RESULTS, POOLS AND MEDALS TABLE