Christine Theiss
Christine Theiss Anna Maria, nee Hennig, ( born February 22, 1980 in Greiz, Gera district ) is a former German kick boxer who was from 2007 to 2013 Professional World Champion in full contact kickboxing.
Life
1984 Theiss moved on with her parents, a general practitioner and an internist, from East Germany to Bayreuth. There she attended elementary school and high school Christian - Ernestinum, from which she graduated with the Abitur in 1999. Subsequently, she worked as a medical assistant in the parental practice in Bayreuth. From 2001 to 2007 she studied medicine at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University in Munich. In November 2007, she ended the study with the state examination, in December 2008, she was awarded his doctorate for Dr. med.
2009 Theiss played the role of Judith Stein in the movie The Hunt for the Holy Lance. In addition, it is since March 2012 moderator of the weight-loss show The Biggest Loser on Sat.1. Since 2013, it also hosted on Sat.1 with Oliver Pocher the entertainment show My husband can, which was previously hosted by Britt Hagedorn.
As part of the DFB Cup final on June 1, 2013, it carried the trophy during the opening ceremony of the stadium.
She is also a member of the Advisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. Since January 2014 Theiss is the patroness of Power-Child.
July 7, 2008 Theiss received the Bavarian sports award in the category " high performance athletes plus". It was from 2005 to 2013 seven times by the readers of the evening newspaper "Munich's Sportswoman of the Year ".
Theiss is married to the cardiologist Hans Theiss since 2005 and lives in the Munich district of Schwabing. In her spare time she works as a volunteer in the rescue canine unit of the Munich Workers' Samaritan Federation. It also supports the German Foundation Initiative palliative " I run for life". In the general election in 2013 supported Theiss Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Sports career
As Theiss accompanied a friend who did not want to go alone to the training, she became interested for kickboxing. Her parents encouraged them in their ambitions. From 1988 to 2000, she learned to play the semi-contact kickboxing karate dojo Aleksandar in Bayreuth, she was herself multiple Bavarian and German youth and junior champion and 1998 German Champion. In 2003 she moved to full-contact kickboxing martial arts center Šteko in Munich. She was first German champion, European silver medalist, World silver medalist and 2005 World Amateur Champion ( WKA) in Niagara Falls (New York). Since early 2006, Theiss fights as a professional kick boxer. She is coached by former kickboxing world champions and Mladen Pavlica Šteko, Mladen Šteko is also her manager. With gained to date 22 World Cup battles in four different world organizations ( WAKO, WKA, ISKA and WKU ) Theiss is known worldwide as the most successful professional kick boxer of all time. Since January 2011 she has an exclusive contract for the transfer of their struggles with Sat.1 ( Šteko 's Fight Night ).
On December 7, 2012, she was fighting for the first time according to the rules of the ISKA world associations and WKU. The fight was held at Studio Berlin Adlershof. The opponent was 65 kg Bosnian Sanja Samardzic, who was clearly beaten by it. On 18 April 2013, it announced its End of career at the end of 2013.
With the fight against Olga Stawrowa on June 7, 2013 in Munich, she lost her world title in the WKU, but retained the world title in the associations ISKA and WKA. With the victory in their last fight on December 13, 2013 against Olga Stawrowa in Bayreuth she won the world title in the WKU back and then stepped away from competitive sports.