European Kyokushin Karate Organization
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Last update: 2007.11.20

CURRENT OPEN CATEGORY WORLD VICE-CHAMPION

 Jan Soukup
country: Czech R.
grade: 2 dan
age: 28 years
training: 6 years
height: 190 cm
weight: 95 kg

titles:
  • European Weight Category Championships Uzhgorod '03 - 3rd
  • All Japan Weight Category Championships Osaka '04 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '05 - 2nd
  • European Open Category Championships Belgrade '05 - 3rd
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '07 - 1st
  • 9th World Open Karate Tournament Tokyo '07 - 2nd
    • 2005 SUPERHEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY EUROPEAN CHAMPION AND
    2006 ALL JAPAN VICE CHAMPION

    		 Artur Hovhannisian
    country: Armenia
    grade: 3 dan
    age: 32 years
    training:
    height: 185 cm
    weight: 97 kg

    titles:
  • European Weight Category Championships Uzhgorod '03 - 3rd
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '05 - 1st
  • All Japan Weight Category Championships Osaka '05 - 3rd
  • All American Open Championships New York '06 - 3rd
  • All Japan Open Category Championships Tokyo '06 - 2nd
  • 9th World Open Karate Tournament Tokyo '07 - 3rd
    • CURRENT OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN CHAMPION

    		 Alejandro Navarro
    country: Spain
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 32 years
    training:
    height: 180 cm
    weight: 87 kg

    titles:
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '05 - 3rd
  • European Open Category Championships Belgrade '05 - 2nd
  • European Weight Category Championships Barcelona '06 - 3rd
  • European Open Category Championships Messina '06 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '07 - 3rd
  • European Open Category Championships Riesa '07 - 1st
  • 9th World Open Karate Tournament Tokyo '07 - 6th
    • 2007 OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN VICE CHAMPION AND
    2005 LIGHTWEIGHT CATEGORY WORLD CHAMPION

    		 Lucian Gogonel
    country: Romania
    grade: 3 dan
    age: 36
    training:
    height: 180 cm
    weight: 85 kg

    titles:
  • World Weight Category Championships Tokyo '05 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Barcelona '06 - 1st
  • European Open Category Championships Messina '06 - top 8
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '07 - 1st
  • European Open Category Championships Riesa '07 - 2nd
    		•
    OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2004 and 2005

    		 Krzysztof Habraszka
    country: Poland
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 30 years
    training: 16 years
    height: 183 cm
    weight: 90 kg

    titles:
  • European Open Category Championships Baja '03 - 3rd
  • European Weight Category Championships Uzhgorod '03 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Riesa '04 - 1st
  • European Open Category Championships Warszawa '04 - 1st
  • All American Open Championships New York '05 - 4th
  • European Weight Category Championships Riesa '04 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '05 - 2nd
  • European Open Category Championships Belgrade '05 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '06 - 2nd
  • All American Open Championships New York '06 - 4th
  • All Japan Open Category Championships Tokyo '06 - 4th
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '07 - 2nd
  • European Open Category Championships Riesa '07 - 3rd
    • OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN VICE CHAMPION 2002 and 2006

    		 Piotr Banasik
    country: Poland
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 30 years
    training: 15 years
    height: 182 cm
    weight: 87 kg

    titles:
  • International Challenge Paris '02 - top 8
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '02 - top 8
  • European Open Category Championships Wroclaw '02 - 2nd
  • European Open Category Championships Baja '03 - 4th
  • European Weight Category Championships Riesa '04 - 3rd
  • European Weight Category Championships Barcelona '06 - 3rd
  • European Open Category Championships Messina '06 - 2nd
  • European Open Category Championships Riesa '07 - top 8
    		•
    OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2003
    Alexandre Rodrigues
    country: France
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 32 years
    training: 12 years
    height: 190 cm
    weight: 108 kg

    titles:
  • French Weight Category Championships '97 - 1st '98 '00 '01 '02 '03 - 2nd
  • Bayeux Championships '01 - 1st
  • All American Championships New York '03 - 8th
  • European Open Category Championships Baja '03 - 1st
    • OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN VICE CHAMPION 2003
    Valentin Krastev
    country: Bulgaria
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 28 years
    training: 18 years
    height: 188 cm
    weight: 95 kg

    titles:
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  • European Open Category Championships Baja '03 - 2nd
    		•
    OPEN CATEGORY EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2002

    		 Tomasz Najduch
    country: Poland
    grade: 1 dan
    age: 36 years
    training: 19 years
    height: 180 cm
    weight: 90 kg

    titles:
  • Oyama Cup '93 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Volos '96 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Porto '00 - 1st
  • North American Championships Chicago '00 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Szentes '01 - 1st
  • International Challenge Paris '02 - 4th
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '02 - 1st
  • European Open Category Championships Wroclaw '02 - 1st
  • All American Open Championships New York '03 - 4th
  • European Open Category Championships Baja '03 - 7th
    • 2002 MIDDLEWEIGHT CATEGORY EUROPEAN AND 2001 WORLD CHAMPION

    		 Emil Kostov
    country: Bulgaria
    grade: 3 dan
    age: 30 years
    training: 20 years
    height: 174 cm
    weight: 83 kg

    titles:
  • European Weight Category Championships Porto '00 - 1st
  • Open Russia Cup Moscow '01 - 1st
  • World Weight Category Championships Osaka '01 - 1st
  • Open Russia Cup Moscow '02 - 1st
  • European Weight Category Championships Varna '02 - 1st

    •  Profiles of other fighters are under construction

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