The World Martial Arts Games Hall of Fame was established to provide recognition for those individuals, country members and athletes that make significant contributions to the World Martial Arts Games Movement and the celebration of all martial arts disciplines worldwide. Current Hall of Fame categories are as follows:
Founding Individuals as at November 30, 2005
Founding Member Nations as At July 15, 2006
Annual World Martial Arts Games Gold Medalists
2006 World Martial Arts Games Official Media Coverage
Special Hall of Fame Inductees
Founding Individuals
The World Martial Arts Games Movement was formed in August 2005. In order to be recognized as a Founder, members were required to make a financial commitment to provide the seed capital for setting up the non-profit organization and organizing the 1st World Martial Arts Games. The deadline for this commitment was November 30, 2005. The recognized WMAGM Founders are as follows:
Bhatti, Sajid (Pakistan) Emery, Carl (Switzerland) Hinojosa, Dr. Jose Luis (USA) Kleinschwaerzer, Alfred (Germany) Marchtaler, Kenneth (Canada) Micakovski, Alexander (Australia) O'Malley, Martin (Ireland)
Founding Member Nations
In order to be recognized as a Founding Nation, country representatives were required to register as a WMAG National Member before May 31, 2006 and must be confirmed and registered to be bringing a National Team to the 2006 World Martial Arts Games in Victoria, Canada by July 15, 2006. The recognized Founding Nations of the World Martial Arts Games Movement and the National Directors are as follows:
Australia – Alexander Micakovski
Canada – Kenneth Marchtaler
Germany – Alfred Kleinschwaerzer
Great Britain – Ross Iannoccaro
Ireland – Martin O’Malley
Pakistan – Sajid Bhatti
Switzerland – Carl Emery
United States – Alberto Freidmann
2006 World Martial Arts Games Gold Medalists
Australia
Gold
Cremona, Jake
2
Dilario, Adam
3
Dilario, Luca
3
Dimeski, Sasha
1
Everitt, Simon
1
Micakovski, Alex
5
Tabone, Darren
3
Tabone, Lochlan
3
Xotta, Daria
3
Total
24
Canada
Gold
Ali, Aliyah
1
Bryant-Scott, Sophie
1
Carradine, Brenna
1
Clark, Ryan
3
Covey, Hannah
2
Craik, Kyle
3
Croucher, Darrell
1
Dang, Christofer
1
Do Souto, Anthony
1
Ernst, Carla
2
Ferarau, Roxanna
3
Fischer, Becky
1
Fischer, Doug
2
Gazyura, Sergei
1
Haber, Tom
2
Harder, Keagan
1
Jacob, Cindy
1
Jacobson, Mark
2
Jensen, Sarah
1
Kim, Trevor
3
Koevoets, Austin
1
Laramie, Arthur
2
Laramie, Carol
2
Laramie, Ed
2
Lapierre, Charles-Henri
1
Lau, Roland
1
Le, Dat
1
Le, Tu
4
Le Couteur, Michael
1
Lee, Derek
3
Lee, Jesse
10
Lim, Eric
1
Lim, Kenny
1
Lionas, Derek
1
Lipkovitz, Brett
1
Lloyd, Gary
1
Loppnow, Jonathan
4
Lovell, Josh
1
Manhas, Sukwinder
3
Manicke, Wolfgang
2
McKenna, Nairn
2
MacKenzie, Megan
3
Meszaros, Krisztina
2
Nguyen, Tan
3
Nguyen, Thien
2
O'Meara, Tatum
1
Phan, Chris
1
Phan, Johnson
2
Pon, Winston
4
Raczinski, Holly
3
Reinhardt, Emma
1
Reiter, Jordan
6
Rischmiller, Kayleen
1
Rischmiller, Ronalea
2
Robertson, Patrick
3
Rudolph, Leslie
1
Rudolph, Lindsay
1
Sakima, Yuko
1
Scarione Ernst, Antonio
1
Scarione Ernst, Axel
4
Seymour, Dylan
1
Sipcic, Tamara
1
Smith, Drake
1
Smith, Sheila
1
Smith, Thea
1
Stinsman, Candace
2
Tardif, Christine
1
Van der Geest, Jocelyn
1
Varga, Jacob
4
Watson, Gordon
3
Weber, Jens
2
Weizmann, Cynthia
1
Total
139
Germany
Gold
Balas, Lena
1
Braunnagl, Andreas
1
Fink, Susi
2
Gartner, Daniel
4
Hofinger, Sebastian
1
Kleinschwaerzer, Dennis
2
Kolb, Anna-Lena
2
Neumayer, Philipp
4
Wedmann, Angelina
2
Total
19
Great Britain
Gold
Carr, Patrick
3
Clarke, Andrew
1
Hill, Leighton
1
Holdham, Ryan
1
Tamblyn, Daniel
1
Tregunna, Alice
1
Wooley, John
1
Total
9
Ireland
Gold
Total
0
Switzerland
Gold
Emery, Carl
1
Total
1
USA
Gold
Amesur, Ajit
3
Beckett, Dakota
1
Behrens, Brooks
4
Friedmann, Alberto
2
Koonce, Katie
2
Nicholson, Frances
3
Olson, Maxwell
1
Soundararajan, Mohnish
1
Total
19
2006 World Martial Arts Games Official Media Coverage
Newspapers
Alberni Valley Times
Epoch Times International
Goldstream Gazette
Saanich News
Times Colonist (Official Media Sponsor)
Victoria News
Radio
CFAX 1070 AM – Victoria
CKVI AM – Prince Albert
100.3 The Q FM – Victoria
Television
A-Channel – Victoria
CBC - Canada
CH – Victoria
Rompost Television - Vancouver
