WAKO Balkan Championships

14^th WAKO Balkan Championships
Low kick, Kick light
Sarajevo, 22-24^th June 2018.

GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP IN SARAJEVO

14^th WAKO Balkan kickboxing championships, held from 22-24th June 2018 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was a huge success. It was a sport summit of 8 Balkan countries, gathered to make a fantastic kickboxing championships and to strengthen the mutual relations.

The organizers, Kick boxing association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kick boxing club “Gazija”, proved once again that are the masters of hospitality. It was high classed organized championships, all WAKO standards were fulfilled and thanks to organizers representative, general secretary of Bosnian Kickboxing association Mr. Muhamed Šabanovid, all participants have been welcomed and satisfied.

The competition registered 210 athletes, competing in Low kick and Kick light, in junior and senior divisions. Supervisor of the competition was Mr. Srdjan Bugarcic, WAKO Organizing Committee member and WAKO Europe Secretary, director of the event was Mr. Petar Petrovic, WAKO Balkan director, the conference was in charge of Mr. Romeo Deša, WAKO Organizing Committee member, supreme controller of judges andreferees was Mr. Nedjo Bratid.

The WAKO Europe President Mr. Roy Baker was present at the opening ceremony, welcomed all participants, wishing them good fights and fair play and Mr. Vladimir Sitar, WAKO Balkan President, opened the competition. The championships showed high level of fights, especially among juniors. Not surprisingly but for sure for all praise, the juniors showed fantastic kickboxing skills and passion for fights. Very much worth mentioning were fantastic junior fighters from Macedonia.

The best athletes of the Championships were:
KICK LIGHT
Juniors
male: Mark Antonij Perkovič (SLO)
female: Ivana Radid (BiH)
Seniors
male: Filip Rizov (FYROM)
female: Jasmina Merdid (BiH)

The best team selections in Kick light at 14th Balkan Championships were:
1. Serbia (9 gold 2 silver 3 bronze medals)
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (5 gold 4 silver 5 bronze medals)
3. FYR Macedonia (3 gold 6 silver 1 bronze medals)

LOW KICK
male:
YJ Georgi Atanasov (UL)
OJ Dimitar Stojanov (BUL)
S Boban Ilioski (FYROM)
female:
Staša Veid (SRB)
Gordana Marjanovid (SRB)

The best team selections in Low kick:
1. Serbia (20 gold 12 silver 7 bronze medals)
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 gold 8 silver 5 bronze medals)
3. Bulgaria (4 gold 3 silver 6 bronze medals)

Petar Petrović
WAKO Balkan – director