Luis Plumacher
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| Born | Luis Manuel Plumacher 17 March 1983 Maracaibo, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Luisma El Pluma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Black Belt, 3rd dan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luis Manuel Plumacher (born 17 March 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[edit]
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]
Canada[edit]
Luis moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in mid 2015 with the idea of spending some time in the city training while his was working on coming back to competition. He had been in Calgary for a few days in 2014, invited by Sensei Juan Osuna from WSKF Canada and www.osunakarate.com to train with his Calgary athletes. He fell in love with the city and decided to use Calgary as one of his key stops while training and travelling internationally to seminars. He started training with Sensei Osuna to prepare for the Canadian National Championships, hoping to participate in this tournament in one of his stops in Canada, but that same year Karate Canada added a 'permanent resident' requirement for their National Championship so he was not able to compete in Canada. In Calgary, he met his current wife and now resides in that City. Luisma currently volunteers as one of the Karate Alberta coaches, as well as trains at the Osuna Karate dojo in Calgary, where he helps with the development of high performance youth athletes.
References[edit]
- ^ "Luis Plumacher". Sportdata. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Dutch Open 2008 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Italian Open 2008 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "German Open 2006 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
- Luis Plumacher versus George Kotaka at youtube.com
- World finals 2004 at youtube.com
- Plumacher versus Castano at youtube.com
- World Championship 2004 at karaterec.com
- World Games 2005 at karaterec.com
- World Championship 2006 at karaterec.com
- Luis Plumacher at the World Games
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Venezuelan male karateka
- World Games medalists in karate
- World Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- South American Games medalists in karate
- Competitors at the 2006 South American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in karate
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
- Karateka at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Maracaibo
- 21st-century Venezuelan people
- Medalists at the 2005 World Games