Stefan Leko
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June 3, 1974 Buna, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Other names | Blitz |
| Nationality | German |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Duisburg, Germany |
| Team |
Golden Glory Masters Gym Team Leko |
| Trainer | Tom Trautsch Cor Hemmers Klaus Waschkewitz |
| Years active | 1996 – present (Kickboxing) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 107 |
| Wins | 69 |
| By knockout | 38 |
| Losses | 36 |
| By knockout | 17 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Notable relatives | Daniel Leko, brother |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Stefan "Blitz" Leko (born June 3, 1974) is a Croatian-German heavyweight kickboxer. He is the current WKA Super-Heavyweight world champion in kickboxing, and former Muay Thai world heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world super-heavyweight champion, WMTA, WKN, IKBO, IKBF and WKA world champion, K-1 European Grand Prix 1998 champion, 1999 K-1 Dream champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas tournament champion. He fights out of Team Golden Glory in Breda, Netherlands under Cor Hemmers. Since 2011 Stefan Leko is coached and managed by Tom Trautsch and won two Heavyweight World Champion Titles.
Stefan Leko began karate at the age of 7. He was discovered by Klaus Waschkewitz of Masters Gym ten years later when he was 17. While being instructed by Waschkewitz, Leko won several World titles and four K-1 tournaments. His nickname "Blitz" means lightning in German. Stefan left Masters Gym in 2005 and currently belongs to the Team Golden Glory. Besides his kickboxing career Leko is also running a gym in Duisburg named Versus Gym.
He was the first person to beat Badr Hari in K-1 by first-round knockout, though it was later avenged by Hari. Leko holds notable wins over 3x K-1 World Grand Prix champion Remy Bonjasky, K-1 Heavyweight champion Badr Hari, world Muay Thai champion Mike Bernardo, 3x K-1 World Grand Prix champion Peter Aerts (x2), K-1 legend Ray Sefo, world Muay Thai champion Alexey Ignashov (x2), and K-1 Grand Prix finalist Francisco Filho.
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