William Millerson, PKF President
Kaya Kokchi Kv. C-12
Curacao, DWI
E-mail: william.millerson@gmail.com
Mobile: +5999 510 5377 or +5999 560 5377
Date of birth : January 10, 1953
Place of birth : Aruba
Profession :
Electronic Engineer
Employment : Own company
Degree in Karate : 7 dan / style WADO
* 1973 until 1976 Dutch middle weight champion
* 1973 and 1975 European middle weight vice champion
* 1973 and 1975 European WADO champion Open
weight
* 1975
Dutch Open weight
champion
* 1973 until 1976 Ranked as number 6 best of Europe by Black Belt
magazine
* 1975
Number 3 of the world
with Dutch team during world championships
of Long Beach, California.
* 1976 and 1979 Latin American and Caribbean
champion held in
respectively
Santo Domingo and Guatemala.
* 1977
Number 5 during world
championships held in Tokyo. In those days
world championships were held only in Open weight class and the
top
eight of the World championships were honored. (Nowadays in men
divisions
there are 5 weight categories.)
* 1979
Number 3 in Panamerican
championships of PAKF held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
* 1981
Panamerican champion of
the first Panamerican championships. This was held
in Curacao. Millerson won from Billy Blanks, founder of Taebo, in
the finals.
* 1975 until 1984 Participation in 5 world championships as
trainer, coach and athlete.
* 1976 until 1992 Trainer and coach of the team of
Curacao(Netherlands Antilles).
* 1986 until 1996 Secretary General of Panamerican Karate
Federation.
* 1987 until 1999 President of Curacao Sports
Federation(CSF).
* 1994
Elected board member of
World Karate Federation.
*
1994 Elected
president of Panamerican Karate Federation.
* 1996
Elected Vice-president
of World Karate Federation(WKF).
*
1997
Elected president of the Olympic Committee of the Netherlands
Antilles
*
1998
Elected 1st vice-president of World Karate Federation
*
2001
Promoted to 7th dan in karate.
Has provided karate clinics and workshops in Argentina, Barbados,
Brasil, Canada, Chile, China,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Guyana, Holland, Panamá, Puerto Rico,
St. Lucia, Surinam, Trinidad, USA and Venezuela.