Kenji Grillon
Kenji Grillon (born October 28, 1989 ) is a French karateka . He has the 4th dan in karate and is a two-time world champion and multiple European champion in kumite . He starts for the French club AS Sarcelles.
Life
Kenji Grillon started karate when he was eight. He had his first successes in competition very early on . After he was called up to the French youth national team in 2005, he had his first international successes the following year. On November 25, 2012, he had his greatest success with the world title up to 84 kg in Paris . In the final at the Palais Omnisports in Paris , he fought in front of over 14,000 spectators against the Japanese Ryutaro Araga, whom he clearly defeated. On the same day he was also world champion in the team with the French national team . In May 2013 he became European champion in kumite in the weight class up to 84 kg in Budapest . On October 21, 2013, in the final of the World Combat Games in Saint Petersburg, he again defeated the Japanese Ryutaro Araga with 1: 4 and won the gold medal in the weight class up to 84 kg. At the WKF Karate World Championship in 2014 he was unable to participate as defending champion. He broke his foot at the 2014 Paris Open. At the 2016 European Championships in Montpellier, he became European champions with the France team. They defeated Turkey in the final.
successes
- 2016 European champion with the team at the European championships in Montpellier
- 2015 Vice European Champion in the team at the European Championships in Istanbul / Turkey
- 2015, 3rd place in the European Championship in Istanbul in the weight class up to 84 kg
- 2013 gold medal at the World Combat Games der Sportaccord in Saint Petersburg up to 84 kg.
- 2013 European champion with the France team at the EM in Budapest
- 2013 European champion in Budapest / Hungary up to 84 kg
- 2012 World Champion with the France team
- 2012 world champion in Paris up to 84 kg
- 2012 European Championship up to 84 kg 3rd place in Tenerife / Spain
- 2011 World Club Cup (Team) 3rd place
- 2011 European Championship up to 75 kg 5th place
- 2011 Vice European Champion Team
- 2011 Paris Open 1st place
- 2011 Austrian Open 1st place
- 2010 World Championship team 5th place
- 2010 Paris Open 2nd place
- 2009 German Open 2nd place
- 2009 Vice Junior World Champion
- 2008 World Championship up to 75 kg 5th place
- 2008 Paris Open 2nd place
- 2008 Vice-Junior European Champion up to 70 kg
- 2008 Junior European Championships Team 3rd place
- 2007 Schoolchildren and Junior World Championships up to 70 kg 1st place
- 2007 Schoolchildren and Junior European Championships up to 70 kg 1st place
- 2006 Schoolchildren and Junior European Championships up to 70 kg 1st place
Individual evidence
- ↑ worldcombatgames results ( memento of the original from October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed October 30, 2013
- ^ Result list of the WKF
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grillon, Kenji |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French karateka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | France |