IFMA 2009 World Muaythai Championships

The 2009 IFMA World Championships was a great success as over 200,000
spectators attended the closing of the

2009 IFMA World Championships,
also known as The King‘s Cup, held in honour of His Majesty the King of
Thailand‘s 82nd birthday.

Over 1,400 athletes, officials and representitives from 82 national
federations travelled to Bangkok to be part of this glorious event

After 9 days of figthing in 3 rings for 8 hours each day, it was clear on the last day that
Belarusia was the most victorious team by winning the team competition and by that
making Thailand come in 2nd in the Male division

It was Morocco who won the Female division and Canada came in 2nd.

The Best Male Boxer Award went to Sattra Paleenarm from Thailand and The Best
Female Boxer award went to Miriam Nakamoto from USA.

The Best Male Wai Kru award went to PanupunTanjad from Thailand and it was
Hui Theng Nicole Chua from Singapore who won The Best Female Wai Kru.

The Best Prospect Male-B award went to Mirzhanov from Kazakhstan.

The Best Prospect Junior Male award went to Gokhan Kilic from Turkey and
The Best Junior Female award went to Amy Wendy Robert Sun Prinie from Scotland,
winning it for the 2nd consecutive year.

This shows that muaythai has indeed become international and in 2010 we will
witness yet another spectacular IFMA World Championships.

Congratulations to the Amateur Muaythai Federation of Thailand for hosting this
highly successful event.