Christine Theiss

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|name=Christine Theiss

|image=München WKU 2013 Christine Theiss 606.JPG

|caption=Theiss in 2013

|birth_name=Christine Hennig

|url = {{URL|christinetheiss.de}}

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1980|02|22|df=y}}

|birth_place= Greiz, East Germany

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|spouse = {{marriage|Hans Theiss|2005}}

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| weight_class= Super lightweight

| kickbox_win = 35

| kickbox_kowin = 12

| kickbox_loss = 1

| kickbox_koloss = 0

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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).[http://www.christinetheiss.de/neuigkeiten.html news on web page of Christine Theiss] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115155616/http://www.christinetheiss.de/neuigkeiten.html |date=15 January 2013 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.az-sportlerwahl-christine-theiss-ist-die-sportlerin-des-jahres.42048f34-7796-437b-9ead-1584e07b034d.html|title=AZ-Sportlerwahl: Christine Theiss ist die Sportlerin des Jahres|author=Abendzeitung, Germany|date=17 January 2012|work=abendzeitung-muenchen.de}}

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).{{cite web|url=http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.sportler-des-jahres-waehlen-sie-muenchens-sportlerin-des-jahres.958589db-ba99-4f8c-9917-5d7aadf5abcb.html|title=Sportler des Jahres: Wählen Sie Münchens Sportlerin des Jahres|author=Abendzeitung, Germany|date=27 December 2011|work=abendzeitung-muenchen.de}} 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.[http://www.gcoworld.com/uploads/media/Pro_Ranking_Women.pdf WKU Pro Ranking women] 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.Hamburger Abendblatt: [http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article115398043/Weltmeisterin-Dr-Christine-Theiss-kuendigt-Karriereende-an.html Weltmeisterin Dr. Christine Theiss kündigt Karriereende an] vom 18. April 2013 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

class="wikitable" width="100%" \|+ Kickboxing world championship bouts ! Year ! Date ! Opponent ! Location ! Association ! Result ! Type ! Rounds
rowspan=2 valign=center \| 2007	25 May	{{WAL\|#}} Rachel Kirkhouse	Vilamoura	WAKO \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	Decision	5
\| 8 Dec	{{ITA\|#}} Donatella Panu	München	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	TKO	8
rowspan=4 valign=center \|2008	8 Mar	{{NOR\|#}} Grete Hall	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	TKO	3
\|31 May	{{GRC\|#}} Maria Konstantelou	Stuttgart	WKA \| bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	Decision	10
\|27 Sep	{{POR\|#}} Raquel Gaspar	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	TKO	4
\|13 Dec	{{HUN\|#}} Kata Sátorhegyi	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	TKO	9
rowspan=4 valign=center\|2009	6 Mar	{{GBR\|#}} Stacey Parker	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	Decision	10
\| 15 May	{{ESP\|#}} Mar Guerrero	Pforzheim	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	TKO	10
\|25 Sep	{{POR\|#}} Ana Tome	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	Decision	10
\|Dec 5	{{BEL\|#}} Kate Mintiens	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	TKO	8
rowspan=4 valign=center\|2010	20 Mar	{{ITA\|#}} Caterina Currò	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\| Win	Decision	10
\|15 May	{{GRC\|#}} Maria Pantazi	Karlsruhe	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\| 4 Sep	{{ESP\|#}} Iman Chairi Ghbalou	Cologne	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	TKO	6
\| 20 Nov	{{UKR\|#}} Lena Ovchynnikova	Dresden	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	KO	6
rowspan=4 valign=center\|2011	19 Feb	{{ITA\|#}} Paola Cappucci	Stuttgart	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\| 28 May	{{KOR\|#}} Lim Su-Jeong	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\| 26 Aug	{{RUS\|#}} Marina Zueva	Karlsruhe	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\|Dec 16	{{CZE\|#}} Martina Müllerová	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	KO	2
rowspan=3 valign=center\|2012	2 Mar	{{BIH\|#}} Olja Žerajić	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\| 18 May	{{GER\|#}} Ania Fucz	Munich	WKA \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10
\| 7 Dec	{{BIH\|#}} Sanja Samardžić	Berlin	ISKA/WKU \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	TKO	4
rowspan=3 valign=center\|2013	22 Feb	{{FRA\|#}} Cathy Le-Mée	Munich	WKU \|bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	TKO	5
\| 7 June	{{RUS\|#}} Olga Stavrova	Munich	WKU \|bgcolor=#ffdddd\|Loss	Decision	10
\| 13 Dec	{{RUS\|#}} Olga Stavrova	Bayreuth	WKU \| bgcolor=#ddffdd\|Win	Decision	10

References

External links

[http://www.christinetheiss.de/ Official website]
[http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9510/1/Theiss_Christine.pdf dissertation of Christine Anna Maria Theiss] (PDF; 1 MB)

Category:1980 births

Category:German female kickboxers

Category:Living people

Category:People from Greiz (district)

Category:Sportspeople from Thuringia

Category:21st-century German sportswomen