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Ioannis Theofanous
Athlete, champion, teacher, federal coach, lecturer, organizer, sports ambassador of Greece to the world.
Ioannis Theofanous is all of these and more. He is the person who, with his journey from 1987 until today, has connected his story with the journey that has led to the rise and development of combat sports in Greece.
It is enough to reflect on the image of, for example, kick boxing or boxing, in the distant 1987, in Greece, when it was “struggling” in the shadow of team sports such as basketball, football and individual sports such as tennis, and few children dared to take the decision to engage in this. Among this brave minority, was Ioannis Theofanous. Compare that image with today, a period when striking mixed martial arts are a vibrant, colorful, multidimensional world, which moves thousands of professionals and amateurs, regardless of gender, age, origin, economic and social status and educational level. A world that now shines thanks to the acceptance, recognition and healing properties of its movements, principles and teaching, for body, spirit and soul.
This present became a reality thanks to some of the few, that never left the fight and continued to fight both on the mat and in the ring but also in their every daily moment in life. One of these people is Ioannis Theofanous. With his indiscernible presence in all phases of the evolution of martial arts in Greece and his hard efforts to create the ideal context of initiation, training and matches for the current and next generation of champions, often against adverse conditions. With his regular missions to every corner of the planet with a goal that initially seemed impossible, but in the end became possible and blue and white, the colors of the Greek flag became – unexpectedly – the colors of the winners. With the constant search for knowledge of new developments, innovative tactics, high-level strategies, unprecedented trends and methods at the global level and their introduction to Greece. One of the few, therefore, who today is among the leading factors in the transformation of the Greek fighting sports reality.
Today, with his interest in combat sports, Ioannis Theofanous emerges as the ideal destination for any choice. For the athlete who wants to see his career as he envisioned it. For the club that wants to level up, for the organization that is looking for a way to become a magnet for every combat sports fan. For parents who wish for the safe and healthy engagement of their children with an activity that educates, protects their sociability and builds character and strength. For professionals who seek the development and evolution of their competitive skills for the benefit of their duties or function. For amateurs who are looking for the hobby that will forge the body and revitalize their physical condition. For the protagonists of developments and media, who want to combine relaxation from everyday pressure with an inexhaustible source of strength, balanced training, confidence and strengthening of their mental reserves.
Discover among the wide range of services that bear the signature of Ioannis Theofanous, the one that accurately corresponds to your own profile, lifestyle, social, work status and come into contact with a world that guarantees only benefits, privileges and pleasant rewards to whoever embraces and makes it his own.
TIMELINE
TIMELINE
Milestones
1987: Beginning in Kickboxing, under the guidance of Doros Mouratidis in Galatsi, and then, Dimitris Dimitriou in Kypseli, Athens, Greece.
1994: 1st Win - by Knock Out (K.O) in a Full Contact match.
1995: 1st Champion of Greece - A' Class (Full Contact), 75Kgr
1996: 1st Greek Cup Winner - (Full Contact), 75Kgr
1997: Parallel beginning of akick boxing coaching career, in Athenian gyms.
2000: 1st Balkan Champion (Professional Title), 79 Kgr (Full Contact)
2001: 3rd Place at the Asian Open (Full Contact) in Kuwait, 81 Kgr
Founding of Fight Club Galatsi and consolidation in the elite of the Panhellenic Kickboxing Federation (P.O.K.)
1st Panhellenic Boxing Champion, 81Kgr
1st World Kickboxing Champion, 82 Kgr
Winner of Greek K-1, 82 Kgr
Participation in the Pre-Olympic Boxing Tournament 2004 A' Category, Florina, Greece
Appointment as coach of the national KickBoxing team (Low Kicks – K1)
Completion of 47 High Level Kickboxing matches, 43 wins with 8 KOs and 4 losses and 13 Boxing matches with 11 wins.
Recognition of the sport by the Greek Secretariat of Sports and assumption of duties as the federal coach of Kickboxing in P.O.K.
Instructor of the 1st Kick Boxing school in Halkidiki, Greece – reference point for coaching degrees recognized by the state and granting of the first licenses to practice the profession of kickboxing coach.
Organization of a seminar with Ramon Dekkers at the Galatsi indoor stadium.
Organization of professional matches in honor of Ramon Dekkers.
Instructor of Kickboxing seminars in Jordan and Syria.
Organization of matches between the Greek National team and the professional Dutch team of Ramon Dekkers at the OAKA Indoor Stadium, as well as a professional Kickboxing seminar with Ernesto Hoost.
Establishment of Fight Club Central Gym, Elite Kickboxing Center (1st Premium Kickboxing-MMA School in the country)
Collaboration with the largest chain of gyms in Greece, ALTERLIFE
Organization of the International Fight Club Open 2016 (Part 1 & Part 2)
Organizer of the SCIENCE IN FIGHTSPORTS training camp with the Lebanese National Team
Organizer of International Fight Club Open 2017 (Part 1 & Part 2)
Kick Boxing presenter at the 1st Greek Scitec Muscle Beach Fest.
Organization of Aliveri Dare to Fight/Fight Night, in Aliveri, Evia, Greece.
Organizer of International Fight Club Open 2018.
Co-organizer of the XTREME GAMES in Rhodes (World Kickboxing Championship WPKA).
Kickboxing representative at KOBUDOMANIA (International Martial Arts Festival).
Co-organizer of the 1st officialy recognized Panhellenic Muaythai Championship (P.M.F.)
Organization of SOLYBAR SUMMER FIGHTS in Chalkoutsi, Greece.
Obtaining of a coach degree from the Greek Secretariat of Sports, in the sport of Muaythai.
Organization of the 1st European event W.K.S. which took place in Christmas Theater, Athens (Olympic Stadium of Galatsi), on April 29, 2023, so as to act as an precursor of the professional dream for the top Greek athletes, in collaboration with the founders of WKS, Andy Souwer and Jonathan Ruiz.
With the largest participation in the history of combat sports seminars in Crete, the seminar organized by G. Koumiotis and the Fight Arena Gym was realized with speakers Ioannis Theofanous and the world champion K1-Japan, Antonia Prifti.
Ioannis Theofanous, in the training and competition field, is responsible for the promotion of champions, amateurs and professionals, who star in the rings of the world and win titles in top competitions. Thanks to his expert guidance, dozens of young and old amateur fighters have won major titles in WAKO/ISKA/WKU/WKA/IFMA.
Among the athletes that have trusted him for their professional and championship careers, are :
- Yannis Michalopoulos
- Christina Linardatou
- Nikos Gkikas
- Socrates Kerpatsi
- Yannis Fezulai
- Marios Pasai
- Kostis Fasomytakis
- Christos Kazantzis
- Antonis Armenatzoglou
- Alfonso Costa
- Antonia Prifti
- Dimitra Agathaglidou
- Chrysanthos Stoikidis
- Thomas Xagaras
- Dimitris Kontos
- Babis Gkikas
- Kiriaki Koutsoubardi
- Joyce Keliraki
- Christos Kotsomytis
- Haris Gasteratos
- Atanas Dragnev
- Dionysis Tsikos
- Nikos Paramythiotis
- Dimitris Sainopoulos
- Antonis Diakogiannis
- Stefanos Louros
- Kleanthis Mavropoulos
- A multitude of teachers and trainers from the top fighting schools and the biggest gym chains in Greece.