W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999

W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 were the joint twelfth world kickboxing championships (the other was held the same year in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization. It was the fifth championships (world and European) to be held in Italy and was open to amateur men and women from fifty countries across the world.

W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Caorle)
The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Caorle)
PromotionW.A.K.O.
DateNovember, 1999
CityItaly Caorle, Italy
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Bishkek) W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Caorle) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Moscow)

There were five categories available at Caorle, much more than at the previous European championships. The categories on offer included; Full-Contact, Thai-Boxing (men only), Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Musical Forms. By the end of the championships Belarus was the top nation, just about shading second place Russia due to her incredible record in Thai-boxing, while Italy came in third. The event was held in Caorle, Italy in November, 1999.[1][2]

Participating nations

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There were fifty nations from five continents across the world participating at the 1999 W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle:[3]

           

Full-Contact

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Full-Contact is a form of kickboxing where fights are won primarily by point's decision or referee stoppage, with kicks and punches allowed above the waist, although unlike professional kickboxing, head and body protection is compulsory - more detail on Full-Contact rules are available on the W.A.K.O. website.[4] At Caorle the men had twelve weight divisions ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs, while the women had seven (one more than at Leverkusen) ranging from 48 kg/105.6 lbs to over 70 kg/+143 lbs, with an extra weight class being added (+70 kg). Notable winners in this category included Mariusz Cieśliński who won his third W.A.K.O. world championship gold medal,[5] Aleksandr Povetkin who would go to achieve greater renown as a pro boxer, and Natascha Ragosina who would later become a multiple world champion in women's boxing. By the end of the championships Russia were easily the dominant nation in Full-Contact, winning five gold medals, three silver and three bronze in total.[6]

Men's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Nurzhan Erbusinov   Nikolaj Bolotnikov   Damian Ławniczak  
Artem Kashkurtsev  
Bantamweight -54 kg Mariusz Cieśliński   Ihor Pavlenko   Jimmi Lillie  
Kenneth Johansen  
Featherweight -57 kg Thomas Karlsson   Marat Erdenov   Patrick Salamon  
Rocco Cipriano  
Lightweight -60 kg Tarik Madni   Dubier Migi   Giampaolo Spano  
Achmed Oligov  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Oleksandr Filonenko   Marco Seifert   Robert Arvai  
Badre Belhaja  
Welterweight -67 kg Terje Arildsen   Youssef Lattaoui   Mariusz Ziętek  
Mirza Barijaktarevic  
Light Middleweight -71 kg Thomas Kristiansen   Robert Nowak   Tony Cote  
Salko Zildžić  
Middleweight -75 kg Pasi Rantala   Yerzhan Shegenov   Oleg Ktenin  
Stanislav Sestak  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Aleksei Solovjov   Vitaly Samusenko   Alessio Rondelli  
Slobodan Marinković  
Cruiserweight -86 kg Igor Shevel   Dmitri Vorobjov   Jan Reinmann  
Goran Scekici  
Heavyweight -91 kg Havag Mankiev   Imre Gergely   Gergely Csölle  
Joan Latsonas  
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Aleksandr Povetkin   Patrik Matejka   Josip Bodrozic  
Steve Boyd  

Women's Full-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight -48 kg Oksana Ivasiva   Naila Moustafina   Veronique Legras  
Hülya Şahin  
Featherweight -52 kg Viktoria Rudenko   Mina Duoujji   Goranka Blagojevici  
Elena Kazpatcheva  
Lightweight -56 kg Henriette Birkeland   Tatiana Tchalaja   Marion Fiedler  
Ayse Rita Stevens  
Middleweight -60 kg Anna Kasprzak   Julia Voskoboinik   Fatima Rguig  
Julie Nemtsova  
Light Heavyweight -65 kg Tanja Vujic   Izina Sinetskaja   Csilla Bodo  
Kelly Morse  
Heavyweight -70 kg Ivana Derdic   Bojana Trajkovic   Tania Van Zyl  
Super Heavyweight +70 kg Natascha Ragosina   Kabira Rochai   Joanne Brooks  
Kateryna Vlasova  

Thai-Boxing

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The most physical type of kickboxing available at W.A.K.O. championships, Thai-boxing (more commonly known as Muay Thai) allows the contestants to kick, punch, use elbows and knees in an attempt to win their matches – often by a point’s decision or via a referee stoppage. Unlike the professional version, W.A.K.O. amateur events enforce the wearing of head, body and leg protection by the competitors. In Caorle only men were allowed to participate in Thai-boxing, with twelve weight classes ranging from 51 kg/112.2 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs. Notable winners in the style included future pro world champions Vasily Shish, Dmitry Shakuta and Vitali Akhramenko, with their nation Belarus being by far the strongest nation in Thai-boxing, winning eight gold and two bronze medals.[7] Even more incredible was the fact that seven of these winners all trained together at the Kick Fighter Gym in Minsk.[8]

Men's Thai-Boxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg Dmitry Koren   Ahmad Shaikho   Alberto Costa  
Dragan Durmić  
Bantamweight -54 kg Alexei Pekarchik   Sergey Smananskiy   Ayman Saleh  
Joszef Rebrei  
Featherweight -57 kg Evgeny Gvozdev   Oleksiy Neskyy   Rachid Boumalek  
Ehsan Rastegar Mogadam  
Lightweight -60 kg Sergei Shishlov   Gennadiy Papu   Oleksiy Filinonov  
Giorgo Chakvetadze  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg Vasily Shish   Alexandr Pogozelov   Andriy Rassolov  
Behroz Rastegar Mogadam  
Welterweight -67 kg Fikri Tijarti   Miguel Marques   Maksyn Gayda  
Yory Bulat  
Light Middleweight -71 kg Dmitry Shakuta   Leonid Lyebyedyev   Christian Daghio  
Khalid Hanine  
Middleweight -75 kg Vitali Akhramenko   Magomed Kamilov   Francisco Fujaco  
Milovan Gasic  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg Ahmed Maskom   Maksym Neledva   Ivan Tolkachev  
Yannick Kahyaoglu  
Cruiserweight -86 kg Andrei Zelenevsky   Towidi Mohamadaga   No bronze medallists recorded
Heavyweight -91 kg Sergiy Arknipov   Basir Demir   No bronze medallists recorded
Super Heavyweight +91 kg Sergey Morozov   Rafi Omrad   Oskar Kohmanov  
Rachid Ouzagour  

Light-Contact

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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 - more detail on Light-Contact rules can be found on the official W.A.K.O. website.[9] The men had nine weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs, with several new weight divisions at the top end of the scale, while the women had five ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 65 kg/143 lbs. Not exactly full of recognizable names, the most notable winners in this category were Klaus Wilkinson and Boris Zalyotkin in the men's both having won gold at the last European championships, and in the women's, Rita Pesuth who won her second gold medal at Caorle, having also won in Semi-Contact. Poland were the top nation in Light-Contact winning three gold, three silver and four bronze medals.[10]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Dezső Debreczeni   Rafal Kaluzny   Danijel Mrkoci  
Erdinc Albayoglu  
-63 kg Dawid Kowalski   Jorge Coelho   Rouslan Agloulline  
Amjane Abaelaziz  
-69 kg Alexandr Maslov   Eirik Gundersen   Andreas Hahn  
Ramadani Besnik  
-74 kg Boris Zalyotkin   Rafal Petertil   Matt Perrins  
Mirko Greppo  
-79 kg Alexandr Dmitzienko   Zoltan Dancso   Chris McBride  
Dirk Lewandowski  
-84 kg Martin Albers   Mirko Borkovic   Marek Marszal  
Laszlo Toth  
-89 kg Klaus Wilkinson   William Eaves   Rjobert Budnicki  
Marco Tagliaferri  
-94 kg Michal Wszelak   Christian Andreoletti   Andrej Rybaltchenko  
Toni Turk  
+94 kg Wojciech Szczerbiński   Gianmario Franchina   Stefan Oscarsson  
Alexander Major  

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Diana Szkagyi   Julia Tzotimova   Manuela Fugazza  
Julita Tkaczyk  
-55 kg Rita Pesuth   Marzia Davide   Tetyana Mymrykova  
Rada Matsonen  
-60 kg Barbara Plazzoli   Sanja Stunja   Rajsima Nuzislamova  
Maike Golzenleuchter  
-65 kg Helene Horlaville   Annamaria Sisonna   Katarina Zuvic  
Julia Grassini  
+65 kg Sallie McArdle   Karolina Lukasik   Anja Renfordt  
Stamena Milicevici  

Semi-Contact

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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.[11] The men had eight weight divisions ranging from 57 kg/125.4 lbs to over 94 kg/+206.8 lbs while the women had five ranging from 50 kg/110 lbs to over 65 kg/143 lbs. The most notable winner was Rita Pesuth who also won gold at the same event in Light-Contact making her a double winner. Italy was the top country in the style, winning six golds and four bronzes.[12]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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-79kg Roland Conar (Croatia) Preston Clemens (USA)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
-57 kg Gianpaolo Calajò   Rafal Kaluzny   Danijel Mrkoci  
Hachgen Muchusekov  
-63 kg Andrea Misiani   Hasan Cataltas   Davorin Gabrovel  
Adilson Babtista  
-69 kg Jason Facey   Artur Cholewa   Ilija Salerno  
Thomas Pfaffl  
-74 kg Corey Cain   Nikos Memos   Hudoba Tamas  
Ralph Hafner  
-84 kg Mike Pombiero   Laszlo Toth   Emanuele Bozzolani  
Ozcan Arslan  
-89 kg Chris McBride   Clifton Finaley   Roberto Montuoro  
Robert Devane  
-94 kg Marcello Tomasini   Dean Furestenberg   Michael Steier  
Bernard Paqoet  
+94 kg Marco Culiersi   Mesut Celik   Emmanuel St-Louis  
Rudiger Miller  

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
-50 kg Samantha Aquilano   Amanda Quansah   Sabine Seifert  
Julia Tzotimova  
-55 kg Rita Pesuth   Gonca Thurm   Angela Caldera  
Tiziana Boscolo  
-60 kg Luisa Lico   Agnes Tapai   Carla Ribeiro  
Melanie Moder  
-65 kg Kierston Shelby   Anita Madsen   Patrizia Berlingeri  
Elaine Fowler  
+65 kg Nicola Corbett   Nadja Sibila   Oksana Kinach  
Elisabetta Degani  

Musical Forms

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Musical Forms is a non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques - more information on the style can be found on the W.A.K.O. website.[13] The men and women competed in four different styles explained below:

The most notable winners were Olga Valentinova who was a double winner in Musical Forms and Alexei Pekarchik who also won gold in Thai-boxing. By the end of the championships United States were the top nation with four golds, one silver and two bronze medals.[14]

Men's Musical Forms Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hard Styles Jon Valera   Christian Brell   Christophe Carrio  
Soft Styles Anthony De Marco   Paulo Santana   Alexei Pekarchik  
Artur Frelke  
Hard Styles with Weapons Jon Valera   Christian Brell   Christophe Carrio  
Soft Styles with Weapons Georgy Filimonov   Anthony De Marco   Artur Frelke  
Alexei Pekarchik  

Women's Musical Forms Medals Table

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Hard Styles Karyne Belanger   Sandra Hess   Stephanie Flowers  
Soft Styles Olga Valentinova   Sorokina Svetlana   Angie Caldera  
Hard Styles with Weapons Casey Marks   Sandra Hess   Mahoro Drija  
Soft Styles with Weapons Olga Valentinova   Valeria Smirnova   Ewa Sliwa  

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

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Ranking Country Gold   Silver   Bronze  
1   Belarus 11 2 4
2   Russia 10 8 8
3   Italy 7 4 10
4   United States 7 3 9
5   Poland 4 5 7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  2. ^ "Offizielle Ergebnisse der WAKO-WM in Italien ... - Kickbox-Ergebnisse (Polish language - also mentions results etc)". www.kickboxer.de. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (List of Nations)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  4. ^ "WAKO Full contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  5. ^ "Mariusz Cieśliński » Biografia (Polish language)". www.mariuszcieslinski.pl. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  6. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (Full Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  7. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (Thai Boxing)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  8. ^ "Gym Kick Fighter / History of Gym Kick Fighter". www.muaythai.org.by. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  9. ^ "WAKO Light-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  10. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (Light Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  11. ^ "Semi-Contact Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  12. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (Semi Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  13. ^ "WAKO Musical Forms Rules" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  14. ^ "Caorle Italy 1999 (Semi Contact)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
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