W.A.K.O. European Championships 1990

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1990
The poster for W.A.K.O. European Championships 1990
Promotion	W.A.K.O.
Date	16 November (Start) 18 November 1990 (End)
City	Madrid, Spain
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1990 W.A.K.O. European Championships 1990 W.A.K.O. World Championships 1991

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1990 were the tenth European kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization and the first ever to be held in Spain. The event was open to amateur men and women from twenty-four countries across Europe, with four styles on offer; Full-Contact (men only), Semi-Contact, Light-Contact and Musical Forms (men only), with women participating in Light-Contact for the first time ever. Each country was allowed one competitor per weight division per category, although fighters could take part in more than one style. By the end of the championships, Great Britain was the top nation in terms of medals won, with West Germany second and Italy third. The event was held over three days in Madrid, Spain, from Friday 16 November to Sunday 18 November, 1990.^[1]

At Madrid Full-Contact was available to men only and was made up of ten weight divisions ranging from 54 kg/118.8 lbs to over 91 kg/+200.2 lbs. All bouts were fought under Full-Contact kickboxing rules - more detail on the rules can be found at the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that they may have changed slightly since 1990.^[2] The most notable winner was future pro boxer Przemysław Saleta who added to the gold medal he had won at the European championships at the beginning of the year by claiming gold in the -91 kg category. By the end of the championships CIS was the top nation in Full-Contact, winning two golds, one silver and two bronze medals.^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-54 kg	Massimo Spinelli	Oskar Balough	Yilmaz Demirkapu Huete
-57 kg	Alexeji Nechaev	Erdogan	Lombardi Pina
-60 kg	Ivan Aksutin	Helge Halvorsen	Bogdan Sawicki Diaz
-63.5 kg	Pinel	Ivanov	Bruno Chesnot Carvalho
-67 kg	Klemens Willner	Imed Matlouti	Teixeira Hsaine
-71 kg	Gerd Dittrich	Baard Trones	Ruggiero Zelevic
-75 kg	Fernandez	Riccio	Jozef Warchol Sharepo
-81 kg	Sanchez	Jorge	Spiridon Pavel Rumas
-91 kg	Przemysław Saleta	Mutavlic	Lopez Perreira
+91 kg	Paolo Zorello	Bernard Fucho	Hubert Numrich Igor Sharapov

Semi-Contact was available to both men and women in Madrid. Semi-Contact differed from Full-Contact in that fights were won by points given due to technique, skill and speed, with physical force limited - more information on Semi-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website, although the rules will have changed since 1990.^[4] The men had seven weight classes, starting at 57 kg/125.4 lbs and ending at over 84 kg/+184.8 lbs, while the women's competition had four weight classes beginning at 50 kg/110 lbs and ending at over 60 kg/132 lbs. The most notable winner was Abidin Uz who won his second gold medal at Madrid, having picked up a gold in Light-Contact as well. By the end of the championships Great Britain was by far the most successful nation in Semi-Contact, picking up five gold, two silvers and one bronze in the male and female categories.^[5]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Abidin Uz	Oliver Drexler	Piotr Siegoczynski Tony Byrne
-63 kg	Reiner Stadtmuller	Luisa Lico	Juan Perez Sosa
-69 kg	Billy Bryce	M. Niola	Walder Hortobagy
-74 kg	Stephen Thompson	Lajos Hugyetz	Sergio Portaro Andreas Lindemann
-79 kg	Peter Edwards	Markus Zadra	Ralf Kunzler Flanagan
-84 kg	Peter Bernt	Kevin Brewerton	Riboud Zoltán Szűcs
+84 kg	Alfie Lewis	Valentini	O'Brian No Medallist Recorded

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-50 kg	Karin Schiller	Quansah	Szepressi Diego
-55 kg	Lajos Hugyetz	Rosaria Rotario	Mahner Smith
-60 kg	Lahnsen	Roberta Vitali	Gabriella Bady Van Eetveld
+60 kg	Tiziana Zennaro	Moffett	Mestar Rivilla

Light-Contact in Madrid was available to men and, for the first time ever at a W.A.K.O. championships, to women. Involving more physical contact than Semi but less so than Full, points were awarded on the basis of speed and technique over power. Light-Contact was also seen by some as an intermediate stage for kickboxers who were considering a move from Semi to Full-Contact. More information on Light-Contact can be found on the W.A.K.O. website although be aware that the rules may have changed since 1990.^[6] Like Semi-Contact, the men had seven weight classes, starting at 57 kg/125.4 lbs and ending at over 84 kg/+184.8 lbs, while the women had four weight classes beginning at 50 kg/110 lbs and ending at over 60 kg/132 lbs. The most notable winner was Abidin Uz who won his second gold medal at Madrid, having picked up a gold in Semi-Contact as well. By the championships end, Hungary was the most successful nation in Light-Contact, winning three golds and two bronzes.^[7]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-57 kg	Abidin Uz	Jakob Jurgen	Conrad Melo
-63 kg	Rafael Neito	Axel Briesenich	Duponchel Silvano Cosentino
-69 kg	Claudio Pattarino	Marough	Ernison Surkovic Dimont
-74 kg	Lajos Hugyetz	Robert Steiner	Nicolo Karpov
-79 kg	Ray McKenzie	Stefano Rigamonti	Dunglas Harald Zimmermann
-84 kg	Zoltán Szűcs	Wilkinson	Giorgio Colombo Deveci
+84 kg	Bruno Campiglia	Ray McKenzie	Kabba Barnabás Katona

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-50 kg	Szepessi	Alò	Diego Keogh
-55 kg	K. Leclerc	Smith	Kirschbaum Anna Maria Milani
-60 kg	Sonia Bonazza	Rylik	Hebert Harris
+60 kg	Claudia Schregle	Bailey	Byrne Éva Szűcs

Musical Forms was open to men only at Madrid. Musical Forms is a non-physical competition which sees the contestants fighting against imaginary foes using Martial Arts techniques - more information can be accessed on the W.A.K.O. website, although be aware that the rules may have changed since 1990.^[8] Musical Forms at these championships was not well documented and several winners are absent, but from the existing records it would appear that the Netherlands were the most successful nation with one gold and one silver.^[9]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soft Styles	Earl Blijd	Simon Keith	Name unknown
Weapons	Medallist not recorded	Earl Blijd	Medallist not recorded

Ranking	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Great Britain	7	7	3
2	West Germany	6	3	6
3	Italy	5	9	6
4	Hungary	4	1	6
5	Poland	2	1	4

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

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine