Dominique Valera

Dominique Valera (born (1947-06-14)June 14, 1947) is a French kickboxer and karateka, based in Lyon. He has a 10th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships.^[1]^[2] Since retiring from competitive karate Dominique Valera has starred in French movies such as Let Sleeping Cops Lie.

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Dominique Valera

Valera in 2008

Born

June 14, 1947 (age 77)
Lyon, France

Nationality

French

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)^[1]

Division

Heavyweight

Style

Karate

Other information

Website

Official site

Medal record

Representing France

Karate
European Championship
	1966 Paris	Kumite −80 kg
	1968 Paris	Kumite −80 kg
	1971 Paris	Kumite −80 kg
Karate
World Championship
	1970 Tokyo	Team Kumite
	1972 Paris	Team Kumite

Karate

From a family of Spanish immigrants, Dominique Valera began karate shotokan in 1960, after six years of judo.

He is a team world champion and has never become individual world champion following a disqualification due to a disagreement with a referee1 at the 1975 World Karate Championships in Long Beach, California. The matter then flows far more ink than blood, and the champion suffers immediate consequences. He is excluded from the French federation held by Mr. Delcourt and can not reinstate him until much later when his friend Francis Didier will be the president by integrating karate contact as new section.

Five years earlier, he won one of the first two individual bronze medals in the world karate championships, finishing third with Tonny Tullener of the United States at the end of the men's ippon championship world of karate 1970 in Tokyo, Japan

Karate

Full Contact Karate

Achievements

Filmography

References

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