Efthimios Karamitsos (born 1 August 1956 in Sykea, Greece) is a German

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teacher (8th

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) and the author of various sports books.

Career

Karamitsos began studying medicine in 1975 in

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. At the same time he trained Karate with Perlati and Hiroshi Shirai. In Germany he studied sports science in

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and continued his training with Hideo Ochi and Yasukasu Murai. He was successful in competitions. His major achievements were in the field of

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e.g. 1980 the 3rd place at the World Championship at Bremen, Germany. He teaches karate in his

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BudoCenter in Frankfurt am Main, Bornheim, and hosts international training courses. http://www.budocenter-karamitsos.de/

Achievements and awards

*6x German Champion *6x European Champion *2x 3rd rank in World Cup *"

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", awarded in January 1988 by Federal President

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.Report in
Chronik des deutschen Karate Verbandes
'

References

1956 births German people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Living people German male karateka 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-karate-bio-stub