Dutch boxer (born 1987)
Nouchka Fontijn
Born (1987-11-09 ) 9 November 1987 (age 36) Nationality Dutch Statistics Weight class Middleweight Weight(s) 75 kg (165 lb) Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Boxing record [2] Total fights 121 Wins 102 Wins by KO 5 Losses 19 Draws 0 No contests 0
Website www.nouchkafontijn.nl
Nouchka Fontijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnuʃkaː fɔnˈtɛin] boxer . She was the European champion in the women's middleweight or 75 kg class after winning gold at both the European Championships in 2014 and the European Games in 2015.
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 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] 2014 European Championships in Bucharest .[6] 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]
