Dominique Valera (born ) is a
French
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kickboxer
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and
karateka
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, based in
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
. He has a 10th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships.
[ Since retiring from competitive karate Dominique Valera has starred in French movies such as '']Let Sleeping Cops Lie
''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' also known as ''Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop'' ( French: ''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort'') is a French crime film released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring Alain Delon and Michel Serrault. The screenplay ...
''.
Karate
From a family of Spanish immigrants, Dominique Valera began karate shotokan in 1960, after six years of judo.
He is a team world champion and has never become individual world champion following a disqualification due to a disagreement with a referee1 at the 1975 World Karate Championships in Long Beach, California. The matter then flows far more ink than blood, and the champion suffers immediate consequences. He is excluded from the French federation held by Mr. Delcourt and can not reinstate him until much later when his friend Francis Didier will be the president by integrating karate contact as new section.
Five years earlier, he won one of the first two individual bronze medals in the world karate championships, finishing third with Tonny Tullener of the United States at the end of the men's ippon championship world of karate 1970 in Tokyo, Japan
Full Contact Karate
In 1975 Dominique Valera entered Full Contact Karate
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called Kumite) full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.
History
Full contact karate competition comes in several different formats developed for the art o ...
and fought the likes of Bill Wallace and Jeff Smith.[
] He finished his full contact karate career with 14 victories and 4 defeats.
Achievements
* 1966 European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which ...
Kumite Gold Medal
* 1968 European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which ...
Kumite Silver Medal
* 1969 European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which ...
Kumite Gold Medal
* 1971 European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which ...
Kumite Gold Medal
* 1972 European Karate Championships
The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.
History
Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which ...
Kumite Gold Medal
* 1970 World Karate Championships
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Kumite Bronze Medal
* 1972 World Karate Championships
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Gold Silver Medal
Filmography
* 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
: ''Parole de flic
''Parole de flic'' is a 1985 French crime film directed by José Pinheiro and produced by and starring Alain Delon. It marked Delon's return to action films after a period devoted to more intimate films.
''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort'' (1 ...
''
* 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal en ...
: '' Twist Again in Moscow''
* 1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
: ''Terminus
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''
* 1988
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: '' Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort''
* 2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
: '' Ainsi soit-il''
References
1947 births
Living people
French male karateka
French male actors
French people of Spanish descent
French male kickboxers
Shotokan practitioners
Martial artists from Lyon
Male actors from Lyon
20th-century French people
21st-century French people
20th-century French sportsmen
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