Every year the European Championships are being held to fight for the highest honour on the European continent. 2 years ago the tournament was held in Zaragosa, Spain, where Dutch fighters Siegfried 'BIGA' Elsson and Sylvana Blom took 3rd place. Last year it was held in Kiev, Ukraine, where the Dutch team was less successful but certainly did not fail to set a good performance.

In 2000 the European Championships will be held in Vila do Conde (Porto), in Portugal. The Dutch delegation of fighters consists of light weights Haitze Idzenga and Vincent du Prée, heavy weights Richard von Mansfeldt and Berry Stal, and last but definitely not least super heavy weights Dominico Monasso and Rudolf Conquet.

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RESULTS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY 20, 2000

On May 20th, the European Championships were held in Vila do Conde, Portugal. Light weight Vincent du Prée lost in the first round from Georgian champion Ubekhasshvili. Light weight Haitze Idzenga lost from Frenchman light weight Laurent Voitus in the second round, Heavy weight Richard Mulder - von Mansfeldt also lost the second round from Polishman Pawel Mandok, after beating Norwegian Daniel Budtz in the first round.

Berry Stal lost from the Japanese Champion Hitoshi Kiyama, who also participated in this tournament as a symbol of world integration. Rudolf Conquet lost in the first round from Polands Rafal Czerniakowski, by Kenten Ichi. Dominico Monasso also lost in the first round from Polishman Tomasz Najduch.

All together; a not so very fine day for Dutch Kyokushin.

 

Presentation of the fighters. Dutch team, from front to back: du Prée, Idzenga, von Mansfeldt,
Conquet, Monasso and Stal

Men Light weight -70 kg
1. Piotr Sawicki (Poland)
2. Christian Luissint.(France)
3. Ronny Holf (Norway)
3. Leszek Zgrzebniak (Poland)

Luissint, Sawicki, Zgrzebniak and Hoff

Men Middle Weight -80 kg
1. Emil Kostov (Bulgaria)
2. Semoyn Garan (Ukraine)
3. Sylwester Sypien (Poland)
3. Nicolas Stoian (Romania)

Garan, Kostov, Stoian

Men Heavy Weight -90 kg
1. Hitoshi Kiyama (Japan)
2. Pawel Mandok (Poland)
3. Marek Kubek (Austria)
3. Andrey Onopchenko (Ukraine)

Mandok, Kiyama, Onopchenko, Kubek
(du Prée congratulations to our Austrian friend Marek Kubek!!)

Men Super Heavy weight 90+ kg
1. Tomasz Najduch (Poland)
2. Florian Ogunade (Germany)
3. Alexey Drobyazko (Ukraine)
3. Fabrice Fourmont (France)

Women Light weight -55 kg
1. Ewa Pawlikowska (Poland)
2. Zurine Eciolaza (Spain)
3. Iren Illes (Hungaria)
3. Agata Pastuszka (Poland)

Women Middle Weight -65 kg
1. Sylwia Krupinska (Poland)
2. Gyorgyi Roka (Hungaria)
3. Eva Dios (Hungaria)
3. Marianne Hansen (Denmark)

Women Heavy Weight +65 kg
1. Agnieszka Sypien (Poland)
2. Ewa Stachern (Poland)
3. Raquel Andrade (Portugal)
3. Csilla Farago (Hungary)

Best fighter: Emil Kostov (Bulgaria)

Best tameshi wari: Tomasz Najduch (Poland)

 

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