Luis Plumacher
| Luis Manuel Plumacher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
17 March 1983 Maracaibo, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names |
Luisma El Pluma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Black Belt, 3rd dan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Manuel Plumahcer (born March 17, 1983 in Maracaibo) is WKF world champion from Venezuela. Aside from winning a world championship in 2004, Luis Plumacher was also a silver medalist in 2006, and in the World Games in 2005. Plumacher was part of the Venezuelan National karate team for 10 years, from 2000 to 2010. During these years he was quite a prolific international medalist.[1] Plumacher kept a very high performance during his competitive years, which made him achieve a reputation as the best fighter on his division, and leading him to 2 World finals, earning him a spot as one of the best world fighters in karate-do competitions.
Luisma's story is one of consistency. He started at a young age winning junior Pan American championships and made it to the podium at world's twice. He now devotes his time to train developing athletes and travels the world teaching seminars.
Karate
Luis started training karate at the age of 4. He is a third dan (sandan) in Shotokan karate, and apart from his sports achievement Luis is well known as a very good technician, a result of a lifetime of training. The quality of his basic techniques and kata (patterns) execution are eloquent signs of a very traditional Shotokan upbringing, which makes him a very good young instructor.
Sports achievements
- 10 times Venezuelan national champion.
- 3 times Central American and Caribbean champion.
- 2 times South American champion.
- 8 times Pan American champion (4 junior, 4 senior)
- Gold medal Dutch Open 2008.[2]
- Gold Medal Italian Open 2008.[3]
- Gold Medal German Open 2006.[4]
- Central American and Caribbean Games champion, Cartagena 2006.
- South American Games champion, Buenos Aires 2006.
- Pan American Games champion, Rio de Janeiro 2007.[5]
- WKF World Championships Gold medalist, Mexico 2004.
- World Games silver medalist, Germany 2005.
- WKF World Championships silver medalist, Finland 2006[6]
References
- ↑ "Luis Plumacher". Sportdata. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Karate Records http://www.karaterec.com/en/contests/dutch-open-2008/. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Karate Records http://www.karaterec.com/en/contests/italian-open-2008/. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Karate Records http://www.karaterec.com/en/contests/german-open-2006/. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Onelkys Meza. "IND". Deportes Venezuela Wordpress. IND Venezuela. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "World Championship 2006 – Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 July 2015.