Christine Theiss
Theiss in 2013
BornChristine Hennig
(1980-02-22) 22 February 1980
Greiz, East Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
DivisionSuper lightweight
Kickboxing record
Total36
Wins35
By knockout12
Losses1
By knockout0
Draws0
No contests0
Other information
Websitechristinetheiss.de

Christine Anna Maria Theiss (née Hennig, born 22 February 1980) is a German former kickboxer. Since 2007, she is the world champion in professional full contact kickboxing in the World Kickboxing Association (WKA). On 7 December 2012, she became the super lightweight world champion in full contact kickboxing of the International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) and World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU).[1] She lost her WKU championship in a title fight to Olga Stavrova on 7 June 2013, but regained the title on 13 December 2013, by defeating Olga Stavrova in a closely contested 10-round decision in what was announced to be her last fight.

Personal life

In 1984, Theiss moved with her parents from East Germany to Bayreuth, where she attended elementary school and high school. She then, worked as a medical assistant in the parental practice in Bayreuth. From 2001 to 2007, Theiss studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. In November 2007, she completed the study with the state examination. In December 2008, she received her doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.).

Since March 2012, Theiss is a host for the German version of The Biggest Loser Germany on Sat.1. From 2005 to 2012, she was elected as "Munich's Sportwoman of the Year" by the readers of the evening newspaper Abendzeitung.[2]

Since 2005, Theiss is married to cardiologist Hans Theiss and lives in the Munich district of Schwabing. In 2016, she gave birth to her first child a daughter.

Career

From 1988 to 2000, Theiss learned semi-contact kickboxing in the Karate Dojo Aleksandar eV in Bayreuth. In 1998, she became the German Champion. In 2003, she switched to full-contact kickboxing at the Kampfsportzentrum Steko in Munich. She successively became German champion, European silver medalist, World runner-up and 2005 Amateur World Champion (WKA).

Since early 2006, Theiss fights as a professional kickboxer. She is trained by the former kickboxing world champions Mladen Steko and Pavlica Steko. Mladen Steko is also her manager. Having won 22 world championship fights, Theiss is considered to be one of the most successful professional kickboxers of all times and a celebrity in Germany.

Since January 2011, she has an exclusive contract for the television broadcasts of her bouts with Sat.1 (Steko's Fight Night).[3] On 7 December 2012, she fought for the first time according to the rules of the ISKA and WKU, winning the world championship title winning the world championship title in the weight class of 62.5 kg.[1][4] On 22 February 2013, she defeated Cathy Le-Mée, the WKA and WKU world champion in the weight class of 65 kg per KO in the fifth round.

On 18 April 2013, she announced that she would end her career at the end of 2013.[5] She lost her fight against Russian kickboxer Olga Stavrova on 7 June 2013, in Munich after ten rounds by split decision. After the fight, she announced her desire to fight a revanche against Olga Stavrova. She won that rematch and regained the title on 13 December 2013, by defeating her in a closely contested 10-round decision. It was announced to be her last fight.

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing world championship bouts
Year Date Opponent Location Association Result Type Rounds
2007 25 May  Wales Rachel Kirkhouse Vilamoura WAKO Win Decision 5
8 Dec  Italy Donatella Panu München WKA Win TKO 8
2008 8 Mar  Norway Grete Hall Munich WKA Win TKO 3
31 May  Greece Maria Konstantelou Stuttgart WKA Win Decision 10
27 Sep  Portugal Raquel Gaspar Munich WKA Win TKO 4
13 Dec  Hungary Kata Sátorhegyi Munich WKA Win TKO 9
2009 6 Mar  United Kingdom Stacey Parker Munich WKA Win Decision 10
15 May  Spain Mar Guerrero Pforzheim WKA Win TKO 10
25 Sep  Portugal Ana Tome Munich WKA Win Decision 10
Dec 5  Belgium Kate Mintiens Munich WKA Win TKO 8
2010 20 Mar  Italy Caterina Currò Munich WKA Win Decision 10
15 May  Greece Maria Pantazi Karlsruhe WKA Win Decision 10
4 Sep  Spain Iman Chairi Ghbalou Cologne WKA Win TKO 6
20 Nov  Ukraine Lena Ovchynnikova Dresden WKA Win KO 6
2011 19 Feb  Italy Paola Cappucci Stuttgart WKA Win Decision 10
28 May  South Korea Lim Su-Jeong Munich WKA Win Decision 10
26 Aug  Russia Marina Zueva Karlsruhe WKA Win Decision 10
Dec 16  Czech Republic Martina Müllerová Munich WKA Win KO 2
2012 2 Mar  Bosnia and Herzegovina Olja Žerajić Munich WKA Win Decision 10
18 May  Germany Ania Fucz Munich WKA Win Decision 10
7 Dec  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanja Samardžić Berlin ISKA/WKU Win TKO 4
2013 22 Feb  France Cathy Le-Mée Munich WKU Win TKO 5
7 June  Russia Olga Stavrova Munich WKU Loss Decision 10
13 Dec  Russia Olga Stavrova Bayreuth WKU Win Decision 10

References

  1. 1 2 news on web page of Christine Theiss Archived 15 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Abendzeitung, Germany (17 January 2012). "AZ-Sportlerwahl: Christine Theiss ist die Sportlerin des Jahres". abendzeitung-muenchen.de.
  3. ↑ Abendzeitung, Germany (27 December 2011). "Sportler des Jahres: Wählen Sie Münchens Sportlerin des Jahres". abendzeitung-muenchen.de.
  4. ↑ WKU Pro Ranking women
  5. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: Weltmeisterin Dr. Christine Theiss kündigt Karriereende an vom 18. April 2013
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