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Dutch martial artist (born 1955) In this Dutch name, the surname is van Mourik, not Mourik.

Guusje van Mourik
Born (1955-10-05) 5 October 1955 (age 69)
Zeist, Netherlands
StyleKarate
Rank4th dan karate and 2nd dan judo
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Karate
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Madrid Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1984 Paris Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1985 Oslo Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1986 Madrid Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1987 Glasgow Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Genoa Kumite +60 kg
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Taipei Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1984 Maastricht Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1986 Sydney Kumite +60 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Cairo Kumite +60 kg

Guusje van Mourik (born 5 October 1955, Zeist, Netherlands) she is a Dutch karateka, judoka and boxer. 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. She was four times world champion, six times European champion and twenty five times national champion in this discipline in the class 60+ kilograms. 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.

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

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