W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998 (Leverkusen)

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998 in Leverkusen were the joint fourteenth European kickboxing championships (the other was held in Kiev the same year) hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization and the fourth championships (world and European) to be held in Germany. The event was open to amateur men and women based in Europe only and there were just the two styles on offer; Full-Contact and Light-Contact kickboxing. By the end of the championships Russia was by far the dominant nation in terms of medals won, with Poland second and Hungary third. The event was held in Leverkusen, Germany over six days starting on Tuesday, 1 December and ending on Sunday, 6 December 1998.[1]

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998.
Information
PromotionW.A.K.O.
Date1 December (Start)
6 December 1998 (End)
City Leverkusen, Germany
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1997 W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998 W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Bishkek)

Full-Contact

Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where fights are won primarily by stoppage or points decision, with kicks and punches allowed above the waist, although unlike professional kickboxing fighters had to wear head and body protection - more detail on the rules are available on the W.A.K.O. website.[2] At Leverkusen the men had twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs, while the women had six, ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 65 kg/+143 lbs. Notable medalists included Robert Nowak, Almaz Gismeev and future female boxing legend Natascha Ragosina who had all won gold medals back at the last European championships in Belgrade. By the championships end Russia was the strongest nation overall in Full-Contact, winning five golds, three silvers and three bronzes.[3]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Merguen Mongush Gabor Aburko Damian Ławniczak
Kuvat Kurbanov
Bantamweight -54 kg Francesco De Luca Milisav Ilic Kenneth Johansen
Alexandre Fedozov
Featherweight -57 kg Thomas Karlsson Fouad Habbani Armen Ohanyan
Laszco Velsei
Lightweight -60 kg Muzaffer Tosun Artur Sergeev Daniel Korner
Zoubahir Mamoudi
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Dosaev Gani Gyoergy Bugyik Giuseppe Lorusso
Marco Seifert
Welterweight -67 kg Giga Kordzadze Sven Kirsten Terje Arildsen
Roman Bashkaton
Light Middleweight -71 kg Robert Nowak Khalmurad Izmailov Mikhail Plotnikov
Lasylo Bavany
Middleweight -75 kg Zoran Stanković Andreas Tuft Gerard Zdziarski
Roman Chmil
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Aleksei Solovjov Viktor Savchenko Mittally Tiszai
Roman Dakolinsh
Cruiserweight -86 kg Igor Pylypenko Petri Reima Dmitri Sobennicov
Attila Sarkoezi
Heavyweight -91 kg Elvir Behlulovic Gergely Csölle Ramazi Kikalishvili
Lubos Koptak
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Almaz Gismeev Patrik Matejka Vlatko Sorola
Vladyslav Chornyi

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight -48 kg Veronique Legras Alina Shaternikova Erzsebet Borosi
Giovanna Neglia
Featherweight -52 kg Christine de Ruggiero Helena Karpatchyova Oksana Ivasiva
Edyta Olewniczak
Lightweight -56 kg Tatyana Chalaj Viktoria Rudenko Iwona Guzowska
Heidi Hutari
Middleweight -60 kg Julia Voskoboinik Anna Kasprzak Elza Midzic
Tatyana Alalutdinova
Light Heavyweight -65 kg Agnieszka Rylik Zulfiya Kutdyusova Suzana Stunja
Tanja Vujic
Heavyweight +65 kg Natascha Ragosina Ivana Derdic Bojava Trajkovic
Marianne Antersberger

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 an intermediate step between the two. Fights are generally won by points scored on the basis of speed and technique over brute force and both fighters must wear head and body protection - more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[4] The men had eight weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 89 kg/+195.8 lbs while the women had five ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 65 kg/143 lbs. The most notable winner was Tomaž Barada who added to the gold he won at the last European championships. By the end of the event Hungary was the top nation overall in Light-Contact with two golds, six silvers and two bronze medals.[5]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Rafal Kaluzny Dezső Debreczeni Diego Bianco
Denis Van Ngoc
-63 kg Tomaž Barada Antonio Coletta Dawid Kowalski
Che Deane
-69 kg Alexander Starostin Oliver Stricz Aleksandr Sukhoviy
Andreas Hahn
-74 kg Boris Zalyotkin Tamas Hudoba Sergey Zaharchuk
Darren Duncan
-79 kg Zoltan Dancso Alexei Zalyotkin Roland Conar
Miroslav Sobotka
-84 kg Martin Albers Laszlo Toth Bartolomeo Bonvino
Muhammad Ali Durmaz
-89 kg Klaus Wilkinson Zsolt Molnar Radek Nekvinda
Michal Wszolek
+89 kg Michael Kruckenhauser István Tóth Gianmario Franchina
Jacek Puchacz

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Szilvia Csicsely Sonia De Biase Marie Laure Miviere
Julita Tkaczyk
-55 kg Bianca Tapilatu Rita Pesuth Stephanie Rzehak
Adriana Popa
-60 kg Emanuela Amisani Lisa Palme Judit Gal
Monika Florek
-65 kg Marianne Klemmstein Lidiya Sharapova Petra Hochstrasser
Csilla Bodoe
+65 kg Sallie McArdle Anja Renfordt Katarzyna Balcerzar
Annalisa Ghilardi

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze
1 Russia 7 5 3
2 Poland 3 1 11
3 Hungary 2 7 6
4 Germany 2 2 6
4 Italy 2 2 6
5 France 2 1 1

See also

References
  1. "WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. "WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (FULL CONTACT)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. "WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (LIGHT CONTACT)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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