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Nouchka Fontijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnuʃkaː fɔnˈtɛin]; born 9 November 1987) is a retired Dutch boxer. She is the current European champion in the women's middleweight or 75 kg class after winning gold at both the European Games in 2015 and the European Championships in 2014.

Nouchka Fontijn
Fontijn (center) at the 2015 European Games
Statistics
Weight classMiddleweight
Weight(s)75 kg (165 lb)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
NationalityDutch
Born (1987-11-09) 9 November 1987 (age 35)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Boxing record[2]
Total fights121
Wins102
Wins by KO5
Losses19
Draws0
No contests0
Websitewww.nouchkafontijn.nl
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroMiddleweight
2020 TokyoMiddleweight
World Championships
2016 AstanaMiddleweight
2018 New DelhiMiddleweight
2019 Ulan-UdeMiddleweight
2014 Jeju CityMiddleweight
European Games
2015 BakuMiddleweight
2019 MinskMiddleweight
European Championships
2014 BucharestMiddleweight
2018 SofiaMiddleweight
2011 RotterdamMiddleweight
European Union Championships
2017 CasciaMiddleweight
2011 KatowiceMiddleweight
2013 KeszthelyMiddleweight

Early life and education


Nouchka Fontijn was born on 9 November 1987 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She studied physiotherapy at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.[3]


Boxing career


Nouchka Fontijn (left) fighting Anna Laurell Nash in the 2015 European Games final
Nouchka Fontijn (left) fighting Anna Laurell Nash in the 2015 European Games final

Fontijn started amateur boxing in 2007 and has been competing in the middleweight or 75 kg class. She first became Dutch champion in 2009 and has prolonged her title every year since.[4]

She won silver at the 2011 European Championships in Rotterdam, after losing in the final from Nadezhda Torlopova.[5] She won gold at the 2014 European Championships in Bucharest.[6] The next year, she also won gold at the 2015 European Games in Baku.[7]

She won silver at the 2016 World Championships in Astana and again silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, both times after losing 3–0 to Claressa Shields in the final.[1][8]

Fontijn also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she won the bronze medal.[9]


References


  1. "Nouchka Fontijn". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Boxing record for Nouchka Fontijn". BoxRec.
  3. Biography Nouchka Fontijn, NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. "Fontijn blijft beste boksster van Nederland" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "De Jong Europees kampioen boksen, Fontijn verliest finale" (in Dutch), Nu.nl, 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "Boksster Fontijn kroont zich tot Europees kampioen" (in Dutch), Nu.nl, 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. Boxing – Women's Middle (69 – 75kg)[Usurped!], Baku 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. "Fontijn pakt zilver in olympisch bokstoernooi" (in Dutch), Algemeen Dagblad, 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  9. "Nouchka Fontijn moet na zilver in Rio genoegen nemen met brons". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.


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На других языках


- [en] Nouchka Fontijn

[it] Nouchka Fontijn

Nouchka Mireille Fontijn (Rotterdam, 9 novembre 1987) è una pugile olandese, medaglia d'argento alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro 2016.

[ru] Фонтейн, Нушка

Нушка Фонтейн (нидерл. Nouchka Fontijn, род. 9 ноября 1987 года) — нидерландская спортсменка-боксёр, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр 2016 года, бронзовый призёр Олимпийских игр 2020 года, чемпионка Европы, а также Европейских игр, призёр чемпионатов мира.



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