Pavlica Steko

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Pavlica Steko boxer
Pavlica Steko
Data
Birth Name Pavlica Steko
Weight class Light heavyweight
nationality Croatian
birthday 15th January 1974
place of birth Duvno
style Left delivery
size 1.84 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 19th
Victories 19th
Knockout victories 18th
Defeats 0
draw 0
No value 0

Pavlica Steko (born January 15, 1974 in Duvno , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former professional kickboxing world champion , as well as trainer , manager and promoter.

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Pavlica Steko as coach of Florian Pavic WKA World Champion 2011

Pavlika Steko came to Germany with his family in 1982 . In the same year he started martial arts training with his brother Mladen Steko . They have always trained together since childhood and always celebrated their successes together. First they trained Taekwon-Do until they reached the black belt. At the same time they also trained karate , judo , anti-terrorism, kickboxing , boxing and Thai boxing . During their training they were always encouraged by their father, Ivan Steko. In 1988 he opened the first Steko martial arts center in Munich . In 1997 they were able to move to a larger gym, where the brothers Pavlica and Mladen also took over the training. Since 1998 they have been successful with their students at all German and International German Championships of the WKA .

In 2004 they were the most successful martial arts school in Germany with three German Masters in Full Contact ( WAKO ). In all other years they were the most successful wrestling team of the WKA, as they provided at least one German or International German Champion every year.

Like his brother Mladen, Pavlica Steko was the German national coach of the WKA for a long time . They organized Steko's Fight Night , founded by their father in 1989 , at which he organizes world championship bouts in professional kickboxing. Like in 2011 at the WKA World Championship in Karlsruhe . These events are broadcast live by SAT 1 , Sport1 and other TV channels. They dedicated the Steko's Fight Night on December 16, 2011 to the late Besim Kabashi .

Success as a fighter

Professional kickboxing

  • WKA World Champion (86 kg): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • WAKO-PRO World Champion (up to 86 kg): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Amateur kickboxing

  • World Champion: 1995
  • European Champion: 1996
  • International German champion: 1993, 1994, 1995
  • German champion: 1993, 1994, 1995

Success as a trainer

Pavlica Steko, Florian Pavic and Mladen Steko

Pavlica Steko and his brother Mladen produced 20 professional world champions: Christine Theiss , Ramin Abtin, Besim Kabashi , Cindy Metz, national trainer Marco Ross, Dominik Haselbeck, Daniel Dörrer , Julia Irmen , Marie Lang , Jens Lintow, Marko Rajkovoc, Florian Pavic , Emil Zoraj, Almedin Hasangic, Willy "the Lion", Semen Poskotin , Michael Smolik, Pascal Schroth, Dardan Morina. Overall, they were able to produce 58 German championship titles, 42 international German championship titles, 4 European championship titles, 5 vice European champions, 6 WKA World Cup winners and 13 amateur world champions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Boxes Sat1