Ciprian Sora (born 23 October 1976) is a

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kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...

trainer and founder of the Golden Glory Romania gym in

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. As an athlete, he became the first ever Romanian to win a gold medal at the

Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterise ...

world championships in 1999 and still holds the record for that. Sora had an amateur record of 75–5, being undefeated in Romania throughout his career before turning professional. He signed with Local Kombat, the future SUPERKOMBAT, in 2004.

Career

Ciprian Sora took up

and

at 14 under the tutelage of Dan Deliu. He began his amateur career in 1996 under the tutelage of shinan Mircea Boldea. Sora came to prominence in 1999 by taking a gold medal at the IAMTF World Championships in

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at −86 kg/189 lb, where his cousin

Daniel Ghiță Daniel Florin Ghiță (, born 22 April 1981) is a Romanian politician and former kickboxer, who serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since December 2020. Ghiță is the former It's Showtime heavyweight champion. He formerly c ...

also fought and won the bronze medal in another weight category. Having amassed undefeated kickboxing and Muay Thai records in Romania from 1996 to 2003, he turned professional. In 2004 he signed with the largest Romanian kickboxing promotion Local Kombat. In 2009, he founded the Golden Glory Romania kickboxing gym in

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. Also present at the ceremony were

Semmy Schilt Sem "Semmy" Schilt (; born 27 October 1973) is a Dutch former kickboxer, Ashihara karateka and mixed martial artist. He stands 212 cm and weighs 171 kg. He is a four-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion and one-time Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam ...

, Dave Jonkers, Bas Boon,

Andre Mannaart Andre Mannaart (born November 2, 1960, in Krommenie) is a Dutch former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was four times world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai, having fought against K-1 legends such as Ernesto Hoost, Branko Cikatić, Mau ...

, Todd Medina and

Eduard Irimia Eduard "Edi" Irimia (born July 10, 1974) is a Romanian kickboxing promoter, television producer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Superkombat Fighting Championship (Superkombat) and has promoted some of the most prominent names in ki ...

. Later were added Muay Thai and

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(BJJ) to the gym's repertoire.

Championships and accomplishments

Source:

Muaythai

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**1999 IAMTF World Championships −86 kg/189 lb Gold Medalist Med 1

**1997 IAMTF World Championships Bronze Medalist Med 3

**1998 IAMTF European Championships Silver Medalist Med 2

**2000 IAMTF European Championships Bronze Medalist Med 3

Kickboxing

International Kick Boxing Federation The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is a sanctioning body for kickboxing and Muay Thai based in the United States. The IKF sanctions and regulates all aspects of these sports from Semi Contact IKF Point Kickboxing (IKF/PKB)) to Full Co ...

**1997 IKBF World Cup Silver Medalist Med 2

**1998 IKBF European Championships Gold Medalist Med 1

* Local Kombat ** 2007 Fighter of the Year ** 2007 Most Technical Fighter of the Year *World Kickboxing Network ** 2007 WKN Romania Heavyweight Championship

Personal life

He has not got along with his cousin

since 2012 when he received

at his academy to train for the Glory 4: Tokyo grand slam. Ghiță accused Sora of training Schilt for him, the two being in the same heavyweight pyramid and later even meeting in the final. Sora holds a 3rd dan black belt in kickboxing.

Kickboxing record

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Petr Vondráček Petr Vondráček (born 18 May 1977) is a heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WKA World Champion. Biography Vondráček began martial arts at the age of 14. At the instigation of his mother, he entered a school of Shotokan Karate. Then he went ...

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Péter Varga Péter Varga (born 24 January 1974) is a former Hungarian heavyweight kickboxer. Titles and accomplishments * 2003 King Of The Ring Europe Grand Prix champion * 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Italy runner up * 2002 WPKC Muay Thai Supe ...

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References

External links

Official website
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