Luis Plumacher

Luis Plumacher
BornLuis Manuel Plumacher
(1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
Maracaibo, Venezuela
NicknameLuisma
El Pluma
StyleKumite
RankBlack Belt, 3rd dan
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Venezuela
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Monterrey Kumite −65 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Tampere Kumite −65 kg
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Duisburg Kumite −65 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio Kumite −65 kg
Panamerican Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Orlando Kumite −55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Trinidad y Tobago Kumite −60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2002 Caracas Kumite −60 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Vancouver Kumite −60 kg
Panamerican Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Santo Domingo Kumite −65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Mexico Kumite −65 kg
Gold medal – first place 2008 Caracas Kumite −65 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires Kumite −65 kg

Luis Manuel Plumacher (born 17 March 1983 in Maracaibo) is WKF world champion from Venezuela. Aside from winning a world championship in 2004, Luis Plumacher was also a silver medalist in 2006, and in the World Games in 2005. Plumacher was part of the Venezuelan National karate team for 10 years, from 2000 to 2010. During these years he was quite a prolific international medalist.[1] Plumacher kept a very high performance during his competitive years, which made him achieve a reputation as the best fighter on his division, and leading him to 2 World finals, earning him a spot as one of the best world fighters in karate-do competitions.

Luisma's story is one of consistency. He started at a young age winning junior Pan American championships and made it to the podium at world's twice. He now devotes his time to train developing athletes and travels the world teaching seminars.

Karate

Luis started training karate at the age of 4. He is a third dan (sandan) in Shotokan karate, and apart from his sports achievement Luis is well known as a very good technician, a result of a lifetime of training. The quality of his basic techniques and kata (patterns) execution are eloquent signs of a very traditional Shotokan upbringing, which makes him a very good young instructor.

Sports achievements

  • 10 times Venezuelan national champion.
  • 3 times Central American and Caribbean champion.
  • 2 times South American champion.
  • 8 times Pan American champion (4 junior, 4 senior)
  • Gold medal Dutch Open 2008.[2]
  • Gold Medal Italian Open 2008.[3]
  • Gold Medal German Open 2006.[4]
  • Central American and Caribbean Games champion, Cartagena 2006.
  • South American Games champion, Buenos Aires 2006.
  • Pan American Games champion, Rio de Janeiro 2007.[5]
  • WKF World Championships Gold medalist, Mexico 2004.
  • World Games silver medalist, Germany 2005.
  • WKF World Championships silver medalist, Finland 2006[6]

Canada

Luis moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in mid 2015 with the idea of spending some time in the city training while his was working on coming back to competition. He had been in Calgary for a few days in 2014, invited by Sensei Juan Osuna from WSKF Canada and www.osunakarate.com to train with his Calgary athletes. He fell in love with the city and decided to use Calgary as one of his key stops while training and travelling internationally to seminars. He started training with Sensei Osuna to prepare for the Canadian National Championships, hoping to participate in this tournament in one of his stops in Canada, but that same year Karate Canada added a 'permanent resident' requirement for their National Championship so he was not able to compete in Canada. In Calgary, he met his current wife and now resides in that City. Luisma currently volunteers as one of the Karate Alberta coaches, as well as trains at the Osuna Karate dojo in Calgary, where he helps with the development of high performance youth athletes.

References

  1. ^ "Luis Plumacher". Sportdata. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Dutch Open 2008 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Italian Open 2008 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "German Open 2006 - Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ Onelkys Meza. "IND". Deportes Venezuela Wordpress. IND Venezuela. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. ^ "World Championship 2006 – Karate results and charts". Karate Records. Retrieved 21 July 2015.