Jump to content

Francisco Merino

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francisco Merino
BornSpain
NationalitySpanish
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
DivisionUnder 75Kg
StyleShito-Ryu
RankBlack Belt 4ºDAN
Years active1982 – 1990

Francisco Merino Molina is a noted Spanish practitioner of karate. At the 18th edition of the European Karate Championships in 1983, held in Madrid, he received the gold medal in men's kumite in the under-75 kg category[1]

In 1984 he participated in the seventh edition of the Karate World Championship, where he won a bronze medal (for teams) together with José Pérez, Felipe Hita, Oscar Zazo, José Manuel Egea, José María Torres and Antonio M. Amillo.[2]

Today he continues to devote himself to karate, giving classes and preparing competitors as a master of the Shito-Ryu style.

Competition record

[edit]
Year Titles
1981 First place in the Championship of Spain (Junior Individual)
1982 Champion of Europe (Junior Spanish Team), Sub-Champion of Europe (Junior individual), Sub- Champion of Spain (Senior Individual)
1983 Champion of Europe (Individual Senior), Champion of Europe (Junior Spanish Team)
1984 Third place in the World Championship (Team Spain), Sub- Champion of Europe (Junior Spanish Team), First place in the Spanish clubs championship
1985 First place in the Spanish clubs championship
1986 Third place in the championship of Spain, First place in the Spanish clubs championship
1987 First place in the Spanish clubs championship
1988 First place in the European clubs championship, First place in the Spanish clubs championship
1990 Third place in the European clubs championship

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "ABC (Madrid) - 11/05/1984, p. 66 - ABC.es Hemeroteca". hemeroteca.abc.es. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ "RFEK - Campeones del Mundo Senior". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-16.