Troy Glenn Dorsey is a former U.S. boxer and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight divisions. Known predominantly for his indomitable spirit, excellent physical endurance, and a propensity to hammer an opponent with a withering constant barrage of punches, Dorsey began his martial arts training in karate and taekwondo at the age of ten before later making the switch to full contact kickboxing where he was a three-time world champion as well as a gold medalist of the WAKO Amateur World Championships in both 1985 (London) and 1987 (Munich). He began dedicating himself to boxing in 1989. He won the IBF World Featherweight Championship and IBO World Super Featherweight Championship before retiring in 1998.
The women's 60 kg Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the second lightest of the female Light-Contact tournaments being the equivalent of the middleweight division when compared to the Low-Kick and K-1 weight classes. There were thirteen women taking part in the competition, all based in Europe. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.
W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996 were the thirteenth European kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Serbia and Montenegro kickboxing president Borislav Pelević. The event was the first ever to be held in Serbia and Montenegro and welcomed the country back into the international community after the devastation of the Bosnian War. It was open to amateur men and women representing thirty-seven countries in Europe - more detail on the participating nations is provided in the relevant section below.
Bogdan Cristian Stoica is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer, and former wushu practitioner. Stoica is also one-time SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion, one-time Enfusion Light Heavyweight and two-time wushu national champion. He was also ranked as a top-10 middleweight in the world for several years by LiverKick.com, CombatPress.com and GloryKickboxing.com. He has competed for GLORY, ONE Championship, SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, Enfusion, Wu Lin Feng and Glory of Heroes.
Ionuț Atodiresei is a Romanian Middleweight kickboxer. As kickboxer, he fights in the Local Kombat and SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championships.
Farinaz Lari is an Iranian kickboxer. She was the first Iranian woman to win the World Kickboxing Championships. She is currently the 52 kg World Number Five ranked contender in K-1 Rules WAKO as of November 2017.
Amansio Andrei Paraschiv is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer. He won back to back gold medals in the WAKO European Championships, and is the current SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Paraschiv became champion on 12 November 2016 after defeating former It's Showtime 69MAX champion and reigning title holder Chris Ngimbi.
Wu Lin Feng, also known as WLF, is a martial arts competition televised by Henan Television. It is the longest running martial arts program in China.
Christiana "Mongol" Budica born Stancu is a Romanian mixed martial artist, karateka, boxer and kickboxer.
Sebastian Cosmin Cozmâncă is a Romanian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He is currently signed to the Dynamite Fighting Show. He formerly competed in the Superkombat Fighting Championship and the Colosseum Tournament. He was Cătălin Moroșanu's teammate and training partner.
Parviz Abdullayev — professional Azerbaijani kickboxer, honored Sport Master of Azerbaijan, six-time world champion in professional kickboxing.
Silvia La Notte is an Italian kickboxer and Nak Muay, who has been professionally competing since 2002. She is the reigning WAKO World K1 Super Flyweight champion.
E Meidie is a retired Chinese Sanda kickboxer. She is the 2015 Kunlun Fight Strawweight Tournament champion, a two time World Wushu Championships and one time Asian Games Wushu Gold medalist.
Araz Furgan oghlu Musayev is an Azerbaijani Muay Thai kickboxer.
Ștefan Lătescu is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer, and former Muay Thai and kempo practitioner, currently signed to GLORY. A former amateur in two sports, Lătescu notched over 150 wins in amateur kickboxing, and is the youngest senior heavyweight champion in the amateur boxing history of Romania. He is still undefeated nationally in boxing.
Débora Évora Barbosa is a Portuguese kickboxer, who currently competes in the super bantamweight division of Glory. As of August 2023, she is ranked as the tenth best women's pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick.
Liu Ce is a Chinese professional Sanda kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight divisions of Wu Lin Feng and K-1. He is the current K-1 Cruiserweight (−90kg) champion and the K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament winner.
Hélène Connart is a Belgian kickboxer. She is the current ISKA Oriental rules World feathwerweight champion.
Stella Hemetsberger is an Austrian kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter.
Miguel Trindade is a Portuguese kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter.
