Irene de Kok

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Irene de Kok
Personal information
Full nameIrene Margreta Maria de Kok
Born (1963-08-29) 29 August 1963 (age 61)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Judo
Weight class ‍–‍66 kg, ‍–‍72 kg, Open
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Bronze medal.svg (1992)
World Champ. Gold medal world centered-2.svg (1986, 1987)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (1986, 1986, 1987)
Profile at external databases
IJF 53883
JudoInside.com 1454
Updated on 5 June 2023

Irene Margreta Maria de Kok (born 29 August 1963 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who is a two-fold world-champion and represented Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

There de Kok won a bronze medal in the women's half-heavyweight division (72 kg), alongside Laetitia Meignan from France. She was named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 1987 after having claimed her second world title.

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    Awards
    Preceded by Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
    1987
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