W.A.K.O. European Championships 2000 (Jesolo)

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.[2] 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.[3]

Men's Low-Kick Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Bantamweight -51 kg	Sinisa Marinkovic	Gianpiero Marceddu	Utkir Hudoyarov Alberto Costa
Bantamweight -54 kg	Igor Pavlenko	Mariusz Cieśliński	Mirbek Suyumbaev Francesco De Luca
Featherweight -57 kg	Tafay Duyshekeev	Evgeny Khil	Pedro Marta Michele Iezzi
Lightweight -60 kg	Viatcheslav Tislenko	Nuno Neves	Oleksandr Kozachenko Milisav Ilic
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg	Janbulat Amantaev	Alexandre Pogorelov	Hebojsa Marinkovic Ruslan Melnyk
Welterweight -67 kg	Luca Lazzaro	Isa Mambetov	Enrique Martinez Oliver Elisabeth
Light Middleweight -71 kg	Konstantin Beloussov	Carlos Tavares	Ruslan Kovalenko Kanatbek Sydygaliev
Middleweight -75 kg	Ivan Strugar	Oleg Outenine	Davyd Dzhydzhelava David Dancrade
Light Heavyweight -81 kg	Drazenko Ninic	Aslanbek Dychekov	Istvan Denes Anatoliy Dudchenko
Cruiserweight -86 kg	Anuar Ibraev	Dmitri Vorobjov	Leonid Mironenko Vassili Komakov
Heavyweight -91 kg	Ruslan Avasov	Tugomir Gruica	Darko Milasinovic Tibor Nagy
Super Heavyweight +91 kg	Ivan Rudan	Mirko Vlahovic	Yevgeni Orlov Dejan Mitrovski

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.[4] 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.[5]

Men's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Fouad Habbani	Dezso Debreczeni	Danijel Mrkoci Alexei Norozov
-63 kg	Dawid Kowalski	Egidio Carsana	Robert Arvai Rachid Amzaoui
-69 kg	Youseff Lattaoui	Marcel Fekonja	Gianluca Manca Vitaliy Piatetsky
-74 kg	Paul Lynch	Rafal Petertil	Sergey Androssiou Daniel Dudda
-79 kg	Zoltan Dancso	Vadym Pikiner	Darren Duncan Frank Brehm
-84 kg	Martin Albers	Bogumil Polonski	Jozsef Jorcsak Christian Hurth
-89 kg	Dirk Kindl	Yohann Lemaire	Marek Marszal Laszlo Toth
-94 kg	Michal Wszelak	Dmitry Gerasimov	Toni Turk Ivan Caprio
+94 kg	Emmanuel Mendy	Alex Melcher	Wojciech Szczerbiński Gianmario Franchina

Women's Light-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-50 kg	Szilvia Csicsely	Renate Sandland	Ioulia Trofimova Julita Tkaczyk
-55 kg	Agnes Tapai	Edyta Olewniczak	Rada Matsonen Andrea Rzehak
-60 kg	Marzia Davide	Monika Florek	Sanja Stunja Margaryta Dyadyk
-65 kg	Ivett Pruzsinszky	Suzana Stunja	Annamaria Sisonna Saida Gasanova
-70 kg	Larysa Berezenko	Marijana Birin	Annalisa Ghiladri Szilvia Linezmayer
+70 kg	Kelly Zanini	Viktoria Kovacs	Anja Renfordt Biserka Siranovic

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.[6] 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.[7]

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Dezső Debreczeni	Gianluca Scolari	Rafal Kaluzny Fouad Habbani
-63 kg	Vasilis Tatiadis	Andrea Misiani	Rudolf Vrba Donald Kealy
-69 kg	Eirik Gunderson	Richard Calixte	Faton Redzas Mihaly Koszogovits
-74 kg	Roy Baker	Roman Martin	Zvonimir Gribl Domenico De Marco
-79 kg	Michel Decian	Zoltan Dancso	Igor Sharov Stelios Polites
-84 kg	Peter Edwards	Ozcan Arslan	Valeriy Drevilo Christian Bazdaric
-89 kg	Peter Csikos	Clifton Finlay	David Tarpey Roberto Montuoro
-94 kg	Giuseppe Fracaroli	Halis Arslan	Laszlo Toth Andreas Mohr
+94 kg	Marco Culiersi	Karl-Heinz Kohl Brenner	Emmanuel Mendy Paul Coffey

Women's Semi-Contact Kickboxing Medals Table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-50 kg	Samantha Aquilano	Krisztina Poropszki	Veronique Legras Katarzyna Nowak
-55 kg	Gloria De Bei	Agnes Tapai	Gonca Thurm Maria Pia Litvinova
-60 kg	Luisa Lico	Melanie Moder	Lin Sissel Archer Jana Moravcova
-65 kg	Anita Madsen	Emanuela Amisani	Anastasiya Savinova Adriane Doppler
-70 kg	Anna Megliaccio	Marijana Birin	Lenka Klofacova Szilvia Linczmayer
+70 kg	Nadya Sibila	Nicola Corbett	Kateryna Chernetska Viktoria Kovacs

• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site