Charmie Sobers
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Charmian Colette Sobers |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | 19 January 1973
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Taekwondo |
Event | 67 kg |
Charmian Colette "Charmie" Sobers (born 19 January 1973 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a retired Dutch taekwondo practitioner of Curaçaoan descent.[1] Sobers qualified for the Netherlands in the women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by finishing third and receiving a berth from the European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] Sobers outclassed Great Britain's Sarah Bainbridge in the preliminary round of sixteen before losing out the quarterfinal match to Philippines' Mary Antoinette Rivero with a default score of 4–10.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charmie Sobers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Thijs en Charmie verzekerd van Olympische startplaats" [Thijs and Charmie are assured of Olympic spots] (in Dutch). Taekwondobond Nederland. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Tacujan, Lito (30 August 2004). "Hurting Rivero comes out winner despite loss". Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Wynne wins kayak bronze". The Daily Telegraph. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ "Taekwondo – Women's Welterweight (67kg)". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Charmie Sobers at TaekwondoData.com
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Dutch female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Netherlands
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Curaçao female martial artists
- Sportspeople from Willemstad
- 20th-century Dutch women
- 21st-century Dutch women
- Dutch martial arts biography stubs
- European taekwondo biography stubs