Patrick Teugels

Infobox_Kickboxer
name=Patrick Teugels
realname=Patrick Teugels
nickname=none
weight=160-165lbs.(69kg)
nationality=flagicon|BEL Belgium
height=5 feet 10 inches
birth_date=17 septembre 1960
birth_place=Dendermonde, Belgium
team=Bushido's, Antwerp
style=Kickboxing
total=66
wins=62
KO=6
losses=4
draws=0
no contests=0

Patrick Teugels (born 1960, Dendermonde) is a Belgian contempory artist, juridical expert on paintings and kickboxer (1975-80). He began to study fine arts at the Royal Academie Fine Art, Antwerp in 1978, and subsequently restauration of paintings on wood and canvas at Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium/Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique in 1985. He teached painting, drawing and paintingtechnique from 1986-96 on the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

Teugels lives and works in Brussels since 2000. The only kickfighter to defeat Jean-Claude Van Damme was vice-world-champion Patrick Teugels at the 2nd WAKO World Championships on November 3rd & 4th, 1979 at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida. The event was promoted by Mike Anderson. In the fighting category: Men's Semi-Contact at 69kg.,Teugels won a 2-round decision over Van Damme in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals he defeated Goyvaerts from Morocco by points. However, in the finals for the world championship in the 69kg division, Teugels was defeated by France's Andreas Brannasch. Returning to Belgium, Teugels, rated number 2 middleweight fighter in the world by the WAKO, met Van Damme in a rematch under full-contact rules. The 1980 match at Forest National Brussels was stopped in under 2 minutes and Jean-Claude Van Damme was declared the winner. Teugels stopted competition the same year.

ee also

*List of male kickboxers

References

*http://www.tv.com/jean-claude-van-damme/person/36305/summary.html
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000241
*http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?Memberid=4613284988