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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2004-07-12) 12 July 2004 (age 20) Amersfoort, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Theo Meijer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R32 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | R16 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| IJF | 52851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 104422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 29 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Julie Beurskens (born 12 July 2004) is a Dutch judoka. Beurskens won a gold medal at the 2022 European Junior Championships and a silver medal at the 2024 Linz Grand Prix. She is member of the Dutch team that won a bronze medal at the mixed team event of the 2023 World Championships. She competes in the –57 kg category.
Sporting career
Beurskens started to practice judo at the age of five. She trained at Theo Meijer´s gym in Leusden. At 14 she was national junior champion. In 2021 Beurskens was national open champion in the -52 category and a year later in the -57 category.
Her international breakthrough came in 2022 when she won the European Junior title in Prague. She moved to National Sports Center Papendal and became a profesional judoka while pursuing at the same time a college degree.
Beurskens placed second at the 2024 Judo Grand Prix in Linz and fifth at the Judo Grand Slam in Baku. Based on her international ranking, Beurskens obtained a continental quota nomination for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
With her nomination, Beurskens completed the Dutch mixed team for Paris. This Dutch team, including Beurskens, was bronze medallist at the 2023 World Judo Championships.
References
- "JudoInside - Julie Beurskens Judoka". judoinsite.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- "Julie Beurskens Nederlands kampioen". www.destadamersfoort.nl (in Dutch). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- van Amerongen, Tijmen (29 September 2022). "Europees judokampioene Julie: Het is een lekker gevoel om mensen op de rug te gooien". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- Kous, Bert (3 July 2024). "Amersfoorts judotalent mag naar Olympische Spelen: 'Ik kan alleen maar mensen verrassen'". rtvutrecht.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- "Olympisch lot Nederlandse judoploeg hangt van Cornelisse en Beurskens af". nos.nl (in Dutch). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- "'Historische dag voor Nederlands judo, mooi erbij te zijn'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
External links
- Julie Beurskens at the European Judo Union
- Julie Beurskens at the International Judo Federation
- Julie Beurskens at JudoInside.com
- Julie Beurskens at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Julie Beurskens at The-Sports.org
- Julie Beurskens on Instagram