THE GREATEST KARATE CHAMPIONS OF ALL TIMES !!!

Once for all: no, Chuck Norris is not the biggest karate champion in the World! Not more than Bruce Lee, or Jean-Claude Van Damme moreover... They are "only" excellent actors ! Here is the list of the "truths" biggest karate champions of every time, those who won their stripes of " karate legends " on the tatamis of the Whole world! AGHAYEV .R (AZE), EGEA .JM (SPA) , JOSEPA .D(HOL), PINDA .E (FRA), OTTO W (GB) , SUZUKI Y (JAP)MASCI .Th (FRA), CHARLES .V (GB), BIAMONTI .A (FRA), Mc KAY.P ( GB), LUQUE.D (SPA), GUAZZARONI .C (ITA),HAYASHI .K (JAP), DOVY .D (FRA), NAKANO .Y (JAP), LEFEVRE .G (CRO),CHERDIEU .G (FRA), STEPHENS .T (GB), AMILLO MARTINEZ (SPA),ROETHOF .O (HOL), LEAL .D (SPA), PAPADOPOULOS .K (GRE), ALAGAS .H (TUR), NISHIMURA .S (JAP), AMOZADEH (IRN), BENETELLO .D (ITA), WALTERS .L (GB), YAGLI .H (TUR), ROUHANI.H (IRN), RUGGIERO P (FRA), PINNA .C (FRA), RUBIO .J (ESP), GOMEZ .J (SWI),THOMPSON.G (GB),DIETL. T (GER),SABANOVIC .D (HOL), SARIYANNIS .K (GER), BALDE S (FRA), BOULESNANE C (FRA), SANTANA .D (ESP), MODAMIVISHKAEI .J (IRN), GUERUNOV .A (RUS),PLUMACHER .L (VEN), MURASE .H (JAP),PYREE .M (FRA),TAPOL .J (FRA),RONNING .S (NOR),BUGUR V (TUR)MAEDA .T (JAP),FELIX .D(FRA),TAKENOUCHI .M (JAP),HAUBOLD .M (GER)SIMMI .N (ITA),BAILLON .Y (FRA),KANDAZ .R (TUR),NEWBY .P (GB),MANISCALCO .S (ITA), LEEUWIN .K (HOL), LEHETET .A (FRA), ATKINSON .J(GB) ,SPATARO .A (BEL), DAGGFELT .K (SWE), ABAD .R (ESP), STELLING .T(HOL) ,YAMAMOTO .S (JAP), THOMAS .W (GB),VARO .A (FRA), SADAO .T (JAP), SHIMA.T (JAP), COLLINS J (GB),TRAMONTINI .G (FRA), MONTAMA .JL (FRA), COLE .J (GB), TAMARU .H (JAP),KONDO .E (JAP), MALAVE R (SWE), CELIK .Z (TUR), ALLATTA .F (BEL), VAYRINEN .JP (FIN), SHAHER .A (GB), UCHIDA S (JAP),WATANABE .L (JAP), WADA K (JAP),GONZALEZ .D (ESP), HILL .T (USA),AZUMI .T (JAP),RICCIARDI .A (ITA),MURAKAMI .K (JAP), ALDERSON .P (GB),TERUCHIKA .A (JAP), GIULIANI Michele (ITA), BOSKOVIC .L (GER),KOTATA .S(USA). BUSA .L(ITA), GUBACHAYEV .I(RUS)DI DOMENICO L (ITA), NAGAKI .S (JAP), CASTANO .C (SPA), LUHAMAA .M (EST),PEAKALL .D (AUS), SHIMIZU .Y (JAP), NDIAYE .M (SEN), TURUNEN .C (FIN), D'AGOSTINO .F (ITA), IGLESIAS J (SPA), BLANKS B (USA), STODJADINNOV G (YUG), DANIELS .R (GB), BETZIEN D (GER), WATANABE J* (JAP), AZADI S (GER), HERERO .T (ESP), VALLEE .R (FRA), ETIENNE M (GB), TOMAO .S (FRA), SAILSMAN .M(GB)JENSEN K (SWE), VANDESCHRICK.D (BEL), HALLMAN .T (SWE),AKTEPE .K (HOL), DETAILLE .J ( BEL), MOHAMED M* (EGY), PIRTIOJA J (FIN), WHITE .T (GB), GUAZZARONI .GL (ITA), IDRIZI .E (CRO), USENAGIC.G (SERB), BROSE .D (BRA), JOVANOVIC.M (SERB), ATAMOV.S (AZE), BITEVIC.S (SERB), GIANCENTI .P(FRA), MANINEN .M (FIN), MOHAMED .M (EGY), RAMIRO .A (ESP)CODRINGTON .E (GB), EGEA .FR (SPA), KARAMOLLAOGLU .Y (TUR),AMINCONE .V (ITA), FRANCIS .G (GB),HANSEN .J (DEN), RODRIGUEZ .G (SPA), SIMMI .D (ITA), DOULA .D (SWI), DEVIGLI .E (OST), ALSTAADTJAETHER .M (NOR), VAN REYBROECK .M (BEL),CHAABO .F (GER), AMARILLA .P (PAR), ROYERS .F(HOL), GACHULINEC .S (CZE), KOKUBUN .T (JAP), ANIKIN .A (RUS), MAROSVOLGY .J (HUN)ASHRAF .M (EGY), FERNANDEZ .M (SPA), CABREJAS .C (SPA), CARNIO .J (CAN), HIGGINS W (GB), HAMAGUCHI .J (JAP), OLIVARES .O (SPA), ONO Y (JAP), JEZ .S (OST), GRANET JL (FRA), UCHI .Y (JAP), BARST .J (FRA), DORAN R (HOL), GARGANGIU .G (ITA), LUGO I (MEX), ROMIC .G (YUG), GOLDING .M (AUS), PENA .JC (VEN), BOSKOVIC .G (SERB), KOVACS .A (HUN), SERFATI .S (FRA), EYCKENS .S (BEL), PINTO .A (BRA), TAGIYEV.G (AZE), ORTU F (ITA), ANSELMO R (FRA), CARBILLA .JP (SPA), VALERA .D (FRA), REEBERG .O (HOL), PINARD .P (FRA), TELL .J (SWE), IMMAMATSU .Y (JAP), RAUCH .D (GER), HACKETT .T (GB), HITA .S (SPA), TALARICO .G ( ITA), LIN CHING MING (ROC), SAUVIN .G (FRA), SACCHI .G (ITA), KAURIA .J (FIN), GARCIA .R (SPA), Mc KINNON.S (GB), VAZQUEZ .D (VEN), VAN LOEN .R (HOL), YOKOMICHI .R (JAP), ZAZO .E (SPA), POKORNI S (SWE), CHIEN CHEN (ROC), RIVANO .R (HOL), ANZAI .R (JAP), ALVARADO .M (SPA), LEITO .A (HOL), FARMADIN .K (SVK), GAROFOLI .M (LUX), DI LUIGI .M (ITA), BURA D (DEN), SHENKER D (HOL), PELLICER .B (FRA), NIHEI .T (JAP), KHALIDOV .K (KAZ), BAROUX .P (FRA), KOZAKOWITCH (BEL),GRUSS .G (FRA), HIGGINS .W (GB), PASCHY .R (FRA), ALIFAX .C (FRA), PETITDEMANGE .F (FRA), DIDIER .F (FRA), KALLENBACH . R (HOL), BELRHITI .P (FRA), SAIDANE .L (FRA), BENJAMIN .F (FRA), KNIGHTON .S (GB), MONTEL .P (FRA), KOTZEBUE .R (HOL), COULTER .C (GB), JEROME .M (GB), GAUZE .C (FRA), RENAUD .S (FRA), DE LUCA .M (ITA), PETINELLA .C(FRA), ARSENAL .C (ESP), SAUTHIER (SWI), POLEY .M (HOL), CASTELLVI .F (SPA), MOSSEL .W (HOL), MARQUES .T (SPA), AGUADO .P (SPA), KAUNISMAKI .M (FIN), MERINO .P (SPA), TIMONEN .P (FIN), MOSSEL .K (HOL), TORRES .C (SPA), FAIRCLOUGH .T (GB), DEGLI ABBATTI .A (ITA), MOREAU .D (FRA), MUFFATO .F (ITA), GIBSON .M (GB), LUPO .D (FRA), LENTINI .C (ITA), KEIL .C (SWE), GOMEZ .J (SPA), BLANCO .F (SPA), RODDIE .J (GB), OGGIANU .M (ITA), KLEINEKATHOFER (OST), BRAUN .M (FRA), NEGRO (SWI), BOELBAAI (HOL), SORKEN .J (NOR), VERSMISSEN .D (BEL), ORTIZ .O (FIN), LORIA .S (ITA), MECHERI .S (FRA), HORN .A (GER), RAMIRO .A (SPA), BEL LAHSEN .R (FRA), PETERMANN .G (OST), BEAUDRY .O (FRA), HAMMOU .M (FRA), DONNA .D (FRA), VAZQUEZ MARTINS .O (SPA), CHANTALOU .F (FRA), COSSOU .G (FRA), PETERSEN .T (HOL), DEMIR .Z (TUR), CACHEUX .L (FRA), RUOTSALAINEN (FIN), FLEMMING .J (GB), ROMANN .D (GER), GOFFIN .J (FRA), TAMARGO .T (SPA), FALCO .A (ITA), TARRAKAMAKKI .M(FIN), KNUPFER .O (SWI), REGAZZO .JP (ITA) ... This list is not exaustive! it includes the most popular karatekas having obtained medals in cup or world & European championships since the creation of the officials competition WUKO in 1970, then the WKF (from the 90's). *Sources: "Karaté-Bushido" Magazine. [u]BY COUNTRY:[/u] [b][u]FRANCE[/u] [/b] PINDA Emmanuel, MASCI Thierry, BIAMONTI Alexandre, DOVY Damien, CHERDIEU Gilles, RUGGIERO Patrice, PINNA Christophe, LEHETET Alain, BRAUN Michael, PASCHY Roger, ALIFAX Christian, PETITDEMANGE François, DIDIER Francis, TAPOL Jacques, PYREE Marc, BALDE Seydina, BOULESNANE Cecil, BAILLON Yann, FELIX David, VALLEE Rudolphe, TRAMONTINI Giovanni, MONTAMA Jean-Luc, TOMAO Serge, GRANET Jean-Louis, PINARD Pierre, SAUVIN Guy, VARO Alain, BARST Joel, VALERA Dominique, MOREAU Didier, BAROUX Pierre,BELRHITI Patrice, SAIDANE Laurent, BENJAMIN Franck, MONTEL Pierre, GAUZE Christian, RENAUD Sylvain, PETINELLA Claude, BEAUDRY Olivier, HAMMOU Messaoud, DONNA Davy, PELLICER Bruno, GRUSS Gilbert, LUPO Didier, MECHERI S, GOFFIN Joseph, CHANTALOU Franck, COSSOU Mathieu, CACHEUX Ludovic, SERFATI Serge, GIANCENTI Paul, BEL LAHSEN Rida, ANSELMO Romain, [b][u]SPAIN[/u][/b] EGEA Juan Manuel, LUQUE David, AMILLO Antonio Martinez, RUBIO Juan, ABAD Ricardo, SANTANA David, GONZALEZ Damian, CASTANO César, HERERO Tomas, RAMIRO Angel, RODRIGUEZ G, OLIVARES Oscar, FERNANDEZ .M GALAN José Manuel ,ZAZO Oscar, CARBILLA Jean-Pierre, GARCIA Fernando Luis, ALVARADO Victor, MERINO Francisco LEAL Ivan TORRES Francisco EGEA Francisco IGLESIAS Juan ARSENAL José GOMEZ .C HITA Felipe CASTELLVI .F AGUADO .P TAMARGO Tomas BLANCO Serafin, VAZQUEZ MARTINS Oscar, HERNANDEZ Juan Antonio, [b][u]GREAT BRITAIN[/u][/b] OTTO Wayne, CHARLES Victor, Mc KAY Pat, STEPHENS Tim, WALTERS Leon, THOMPSON Geoff, NEWBY Paul, ATKINSON Jerome, SHAHER Abdu, ALDERSON Paul, COLLINS Jim, COLE Ian, DANIELS Rory, Mc KINNON Steve, KNIGHTON .S, COULTER .C, ETIENNE Mervyn, SAILSMAN Mike, THOMAS William, WHITE Tyron, CODRINGTON Eugene, FRANCIS .G, HIGGINS William, RODDIE John, JEROME .M, HACKETT Cecil, FAIRCLOUGH .T, FLEMMING Jim, GIBSON .M, (GB) [b][u]JAPAN[/u][/b] SUZUKI Yuichi HAYASHI Kyo NAKANO Hideto MURASE Hisao NISHIMURA Seiji MAEDA Toshiaki TAKENOUCHI .M SADAO Tajima SHIINA Shisua UCHIDA .S WATANABE .L WADA Kouji YAMAMOTO .S TAMARU .H KONDO Eisu NAGAKI .S AZUMI .T MURAKAMI Kazusada TERUCHIKA .A WATANABE Junichi IMMAMATSU .Y YOKOMICHI .R KOKUBUN .T HAMAGUCHI .J ONO Yoshikazu ANZAI Yoshimiro UCHI .Y NIHEI .T SHIMIZU Yasumasa HASEGAWA Sinichi [b][u]ITALY[/u][/b] FALCO Angelo LORIA Salvatore OGGIANU Massimiliano LENTINI Claudio DE LUCA .M DI LUIGI Massimo SACCHI .G TALARICO Gennaro GARGANGIU .G SIMMI Nicola GUAZZARONI Claudio REGAZZO Gian Pierro BENETELLO David RICCIARDI .A DI DOMENICO Giuseppe D'AGOSTINO Francesco GUAZZARONI Gian Luca SIMMI Daniele AMINCONE Vincenzo MANISCALCO Stefano BUSA Luigi ORTU Francesco MUFFATO Francesco DEGLI ABBATTI Achille GIULIANI Michele [b][u]THE NETHERLANDS[/u][/b] JOSEPA Dudley ROETHOF Otti SABANOVIC Daniel LEEUWIN Kenneth STELLING Toon RIVANO Ronny POLEY Robert KOTZEBUE Ludwig VAN LOEN Roel REEBERG John DORAN Reginaldo MOSSEL Wim PETERSEN Timothy SHENKER Danny MOSSEL Kees KALLENBACH .R LEITO Anthony BOELBAAI Anthony ROYERS Fred AKTEPE Kemal [b][u]FINLAND[/u][/b] RUOTSALAINEN Mikko TARAKAMAKKI .M PIRTIOJA Tapio MANINEN Mika KAURIA Jyri KAUNISMAKI Ari TIMONEN Janne TURUNEN Jouko VAYRINEN Jukka Pekka ORTIZ Olli PIISPA Erik [b][u]GERMANY[/u][/b] ROMANN Dieter DIETL Tony SARIYANNIS Kostas BOSKOVIC Lazar CHAABO Fadi BETZIEN Dirk AZADI Samad RAUCH Waldemar HAUBOLD Mark HORN Andreas UYSAL Murat [b][u]BELGIUM[/u][/b] VANDESCHRICK Diego VAN REYBROECK Marc SPATARO Angelo DETAILLE Jacky EYCKENS Steffan ALLATTA Fillippo VERSMISSEN Dave KOZAKOWITCH Richard [b][u]SWEDEN[/u][/b] HALLMAN Tomas JENSEN Leslie KEIL Christian TELL Joran MALAVE Ramon POKORNI .S DAGGFELT Karl [b][u]TURKEY[/u][/b] ALAGAS Halgün KANDAZ Bahatin CELIK Zeynel DEMIR Ilyas YAGLI Hakan BUGUR Veysel BASTURK Maslum KARAMOLLAOGLU Yavuz [b][u]SWITZERLAND[/u][/b] KNUPFER Olivier SAUTHIER Gérald GOMEZ Javier DOULA Djim NEGRO Maurice SIGILLO Dominique MARQUES Juan [b][u]IRAN[/u][/b] AMOZADEH Medhi ROUHANI Hossein MODAMIVISHKAEI Jasem ZIKSARI Hamed [b][u]NORWAY[/u][/b] RONNING Stein SORKEN Jarle ALTAADJAETHER Morten [b][u]CROATIA[/u][/b] LEFEVRE Gustaaf IDRIZI Enver [u][b]SERBIA[/b][/u] JOVANOVIC Milos BITEVIC Slobodan UMICEVIC Dejan STODJADINNOV Predrag USENAGIC Goran ROMIC Goran [b][u]AUTRIA[/u][/b] KLEINEKATHOFER Andreas PETERMANN George DEVIGLI Daniel JEZ .S [b][u]RUSSIA[/u][/b] GUERUNOV Alexandr GUBACHAYEV .I ANIKIN .A KALASHNIKOV Yuriy ELDAROUCHEV Islamutdin [b][u]VENEZUELA[/u][/b] PLUMACHER Luis VAZQUEZ .D PENA Jean Carlos [b][u]AUSTRALIA[/u][/b] PEAKALL Brian GOLDING Mark [b][u]EGYPT[/u][/b] MOHAMED .M ASHRAF Muhammar MOHAMED Mohamad [b][u]USA[/u][/b] HILL Tokey KOTATA George BLANKS Billy [b][u]HUNGARY[/u][/b] KOVACS Adam HECKER Balazs MAROSVOLGY Janos [b][u]AZERBAIDJAN[/u][/b] AGHAYEV Rafael TAGIYEV Gurban ATAMOV Shahin [b][u]ESTONIA[/u][/b] LUHAMAA Marko [b][u]GREECE[/u][/b] PAPADOPOULOS Kostas [b][u]SENEGAL[/u][/b] NDIAYE Mamadou Diop Abdulaye [b][u]DENMARK[/u][/b] HANSEN Jorn Ove BURA Dánsko [b][u]PARAGUAY[/u][/b] AMARILLA .P [b][u]REP. OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA[/u][/b] GACHULINEC .M [b][u]CANADA[/u][/b] CARNIO John POIRIER Philippe [b][u]MEXICO[/u][/b] LUGO Iniatio [b][u]BRASIL[/u][/b] PINTO Antonio BROSE Douglas [b][u]TAIWAN[/u][/b] LIN CHING MING CHIEN CHEN [b][u]SLOVAKIA[/u][/b] FARMADIN Klaudio [b][u]LUXEMBURG[/u][/b] GAROFOLI Mario [b][u]KAZAKHSTAN[/u][/b] KHALIDOV Khalid ASSADILOV Darkhan