Guusje van Mourik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Guusje van Mourik

Dutch martial artist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1955

Place of Birth: Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands

Profession: judoka, karateka, boxer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Guusje van Mourik (born 5 October 1955, Zeist, Netherlands) she is a Dutch karateka, judodka 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.