WAKO Germany

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WAKO Germany
sport Kickboxing
Founded 5th July 1997
president Jürgen Schorn
Board Rudi Brunnbauer, Andreas Riem, Jürgen Schorn
societies 335
Members 24,891 (2019)
Association headquarters Biedenkopf
Official languages) German
Homepage http://www.wako-deutschland.de

The Federal Association for Kickboxing (WAKO Germany) e. V. 15 regional associations are affiliated and through these around 340 member clubs and studios with around 24,000 members in the Federal Republic of Germany . The non-profit association is a member of the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations and the Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT).

history

In 1977 Georg F. Brückner and Gustav Baaden founded the WAKO Germany / Deutscher Kickboxverband in Berlin together with Jochen Böckmann, Peter Blankenburg, Gerd Lemmens and Mike Anderson. After financial problems, the association founded at the time had to file for bankruptcy in 1997. In order not to let kickboxing in Germany go under, some kickboxing enthusiasts who wanted to prevent this met on July 5, 1997 and founded the WAKO Germany eV After the founding, all kickboxing clubs were offered to join WAKO Germany.

At the beginning of December 2017, WAKO Germany was accepted as a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation .


Disciplines

The following disciplines are offered by the Federal Association for Kickboxing.

  • Freestyle shapes
  • Point fighting
  • Light contact
  • Kick light
  • Full contact
  • Low kick
  • K-1

Tournaments

2010-02-20 Nicole Trimmel in German Open 2010 in Eberswalde-29

The following tournaments are held annually by WAKO Germany:

  • German Open (International German Championship)
  • German championship
  • Germany Cup / Georg F. Brückner Memorial Tournament

The most successful fighters of the individual federal states qualify for participation in the German championship through their state championships.

successes

International WAKO championship titles from athletes from WAKO Germany.

World Champion

Full contact

year venue country World Champion Weight class
1978 Berlin GermanyGermany Germany Peter Harbrecht up to 74 kg
1979 Tampa United StatesUnited States United States Ali Pehlivan up to 57 kg
1979 Tampa United StatesUnited States United States Ferdinand Mack up to 69 kg
1983 London EnglandEngland England Heinz Klupp up to 67 kg
1983 London EnglandEngland England Ferdinand Mack up to 71 kg
1983 London EnglandEngland England Neidhard Heiderhoff up to 80 kg
1983 London EnglandEngland England Martin Roetzer up to 91 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Gabriel dam up to 54 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Michael Kuhr up to 60 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Bodo Daniel up to 71 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Ferdinand Mack up to 75 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Alois Hofmann up to 91 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Martin Roetzer plus 91 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Peter Hiereth up to 54 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Mario Dimitrov up to 67 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Ferdinand Mack up to 75 kg
1989 Mestre ItalyItaly Italy Ralf Kunzler up to 75 kg
1991 Paris FranceFrance France Klemens Willner up to 67 kg
1991 Paris FranceFrance France Rene Hübsch up to 91 kg
1993 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Frank Schmitt up to 75 kg
1995 Kiev UkraineUkraine Ukraine Jeanette Witte up to 65 kg
2003 Paris FranceFrance France Muamer Hukic up to 86 kg
2005 Szeged HungaryHungary Hungary Fatma Akyüz up to 52 kg
2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro ItalyItaly Italy Julia Irmen up to 65 kg
2011 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Eugene Waigel up to 91 kg
2011 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Anja Renfordt over 70 kg
2013 Antalya TurkeyTurkey Turkey Jessica Heymann up to 56 kg
2013 Antalya TurkeyTurkey Turkey Eugene Waigel up to 91 kg
2015 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Johannes Wolf up to 57 kg
2015 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Kian Golpira up to 63.5 kg
2017 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Johannes Wolf up to 57 kg
2017 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Julia Irmen up to 65 kg

Light contact

year venue country World Champion Weight class
1989 Mestre ItalyItaly Italy Sabrina Englert up to 55 kg
1989 Mestre ItalyItaly Italy Heinz Bresser up to 74 kg
1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States Jorge Coelho up to 63 kg
1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States Birgit Sasse up to 65 kg
1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States Jean Marc Coumba up to 89 kg
1999 Caorle ItalyItaly Italy Martin Albers up to 84 kg
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Birgit Sasse up to 70 kg
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Dirk Kindl up to 89 kg
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Marc Frantzen up to 94 kg
2003 Paris FranceFrance France Jorge Coelho up to 63 kg
2005 Szeged HungaryHungary Hungary Michael Reinbold up to 89 kg
2005 Szeged HungaryHungary Hungary Christian Schulz up to 94 kg
2007 Belgrade SerbiaSerbia Serbia Giovanni Nurchi up to 94 kg
2009 Villach AustriaAustria Austria Julia Irmen up to 60 kg
2009 Villach AustriaAustria Austria Frank fire up to 89 kg (veterans)
2011 Skopje Macedonia 1995Macedonia Macedonia Achmed Nabo up to 69 kg
2013 Antalya TurkeyTurkey Turkey Fabian thimble up to 89 kg
2015 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Christina Panse up to 55 kg (veterans)
2015 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Steven Glover over 94 kg (veterans)
2017 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Alexandra Latocha up to 55 kg (Master Division)
2017 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Dominique Pieczinski over 65 kg (Master Division)

Point fighting

year venue country World Champion Weight class
1979 Florida United StatesUnited States United States Andreas Lindemann up to 63 kg
1979 Florida United StatesUnited States United States Andreas Branasch up to 69 kg
1979 Florida United StatesUnited States United States Harald Edel up to 84 kg
1981 Milan ItalyItaly Italy Rainer Knell up to 57 kg
1981 Milan ItalyItaly Italy Ulf Schmidt up to 63 kg
1981 Milan ItalyItaly Italy Fritz Bißot up to 69 kg
1981 Milan ItalyItaly Italy Heinz Gerd Hinz up to 74 kg
1981 Milan ItalyItaly Italy Harald Edel up to 84 kg
1983 London EnglandEngland England Ludger Dietze up to 79 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Christine Ganzmann up to 50 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Gerda Mack up to 55 kg
1985 London EnglandEngland England Pure Walter up to 69 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Angela Schmid (athlete) up to 55 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Oliver Drexler up to 57 kg
1987 Munich GermanyGermany Germany Robert Ulbrich up to 69 kg
1991 London EnglandEngland England Karin Schiller up to 50 kg
1991 London EnglandEngland England Martin Kilgus up to 63 kg
1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States Oliver Drexler up to 57 kg
1993 Atlantic City, New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States Ralf Kunzler up to 79 kg
1995 Stuttgart GermanyGermany Germany Miriam Diller up to 60 kg
1995 Stuttgart GermanyGermany Germany Martin Kilgus up to 63 kg
1995 Stuttgart GermanyGermany Germany Thomas Pfaffl up to 69 kg
1997 Danzig PolandPoland Poland Martin Kilgus up to 63 kg
1997 Danzig PolandPoland Poland Gerlinde Melch over 65 kg
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Daniel Weil up to 79 kg
2007 Lisbon PortugalPortugal Portugal Melanie Moder up to 65 kg
2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro ItalyItaly Italy Andreas Riem (athlete) up to 84 kg (veterans)
2011 Dublin IrelandIreland Ireland Frank fire up to 94 kg (veterans)
2013 Antalya TurkeyTurkey Turkey Andreas Riem (athlete) up to 84 kg (veterans)
2017 Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Leonard Ademaj up to 84 kg (Master Division)

Musical forms

year venue country World Champion category
1995 Stuttgart GermanyGermany Germany Antony Spatola Soft style
1997 Danzig PolandPoland Poland Antony Spatola Softstyle weapons
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Sandra Hess Hardstyle
2001 Maribor SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Christian Brell Hardstyle weapons
2005 MoroccoMorocco Morocco Michael Möller Soft style
2009 Lignano Sabbiadoro ItalyItaly Italy Denis Morgan Soft style

Federal bases

  • Federal base light contact in Cologne
  • Bundesstützpunkt Musikformen in mind
  • Federal base full contact north in Hamburg
  • Federal base full contact center in Schonungen
  • Federal base full contact south in Deggendorf
  • Federal Training Center North in Wolfsburg
  • Federal training center for young people in Nuremberg
  • Federal Training Center East in Eberswalde

Regional associations

15 regional associations are affiliated with WAKO Deutschland eV. Of the affiliated state associations, Hesse, Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland and North Rhine-Westphalia are recognized by the respective state sports association.

Well-known athletes

Former Presidents

  • Peter Zaar (1999-2015)
  • Ludger Dietze (-1999)
  • Jochen Böckmann

Honorary President

  • Ludger Dietze
  • Peter Zaar

See also

literature

  • Budo Do Tameshi eV (Ed.): KICKBOXING - More than a martial arts , 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c 2019 inventory (PDF) German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on February 28, 2020 .
  2. The structure of the WAKO website of WAKO Germany. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  3. Hall of Fame - The WAKO website of WAKO Germany. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Origin - The WAKO website of WAKO Germany. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Origin - The WAKO website of WAKO Germany. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  6. Sportbund takes on cheerleaders and kickboxers. Spiegel Online, December 2, 2017, accessed on the same day.
  7. ^ New sports associations in the DOSB. The German Olympic Sports Confederation, accessed on April 20, 2019 .
  8. World Champion - Kickboxing, Athletes Website of WAKO Germany. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  9. ^ History and situation in Germany. WAKO Bundesverband, accessed on February 19, 2018 .