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Guusje van Mourik

Guusje van Mourik

Dutch martial artist

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Mourik, not Mourik.

Guusje van Mourik (born 5 October 1955, Zeist, Netherlands) she is a Dutch karateka, judoka and boxer.[1] She has a 4th Dan black belt in karate, and is the winner of multiple World Karate Championships, and is in The Guinness Book of Records for winning the most karate medals.[2][3][4] She was four times world champion, six times European champion and twenty five times national champion in this discipline in the class 60+ kilograms.[5] Also, she was once Taiko ( Japanese ' drumming ' ) world champion and won several medals at the Dutch Judo National Championships. Guusje first found success she achieved in 1974 by winning a silver medal in judo. In 1982 she became Dutch and world champion karate. In 1987, Gussje was given Order of Orange-Nassau. In 1989 she made her debut as a boxer. In 1992 she became head coach of the women's karate team. Since retiring from competitive karate Guus is now a dental technician.[1]

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Judo Medals

  • 1974 Dutch Championships Tilburg Bronze Medal
  • 1976 Dutch Championships Oss Silver Medal
  • 1978 Dutch Championships Groningen Silver Medal
  • 1979 Dutch Championships Haarlem Bronze Medal

Karate Medals

References

  1. [1]
    "Krachtpatsers vergeten dat karate niet alleen een grote mond is" (in Dutch). Trouw. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    The Guinness Book of Sports Records. Facts on File. 1995. Retrieved 18 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. guus van mourik karate.
  3. [3]
    Guinness world records. Guinness World Records, Ltd. 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. guus van mourik karate.
  4. [4]
    The Guinness book of records. Guinness Superlatives. 1988. Retrieved 18 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. guus van mourik karate.
  5. [5]
    "Karate Flashback" (PDF) (in Dutch). Karate-Do Nederland. Retrieved 7 December 2014.


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