Ilonka Giovanna Elmont (born September 11, 1974) is a Surinamese-

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. Better knowns as "The Killer Queen". She is 7 x

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, 1 x European Champion and 2 x Dutch Champion in the Fly-Weight division (-50.80 kg - 52.16 kg). Elmont was a professional competitor since 1997. She competed in the 2H2H, SLAMM events, Danger Zone events and holds world titles of various fighting organizations such as WMTC
MTBN
IMKO
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Elmont was famous for her unorthodox fighting style with fast combinations and stinging knees. She is a technical all-round and skilled fighter with powerful kicks and knee strikes and clinching. With her unorthodox fighting style she surprised many experienced fighters and had a tendency to go head-to-head with her opponents. She is known as one of the top ranked female fighters of the

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Early life

Ilonka was born in

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. Raised by her grandparents her and at the age of nine, she moved to the

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to live with her parents. As a young child Ilonka had lots of energy but wasn't allowed to do

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Fighting career

Elmont started her martial arts career at late age.

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, former multiple world champion, invited her to visit Kops Gym and train. Although Ilonka wasn't really interested she participated. Resulting that the legendary trainer, former world champion, currently one of the World's most respected and successful coaches

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noticed her talent and challenged it to the max. Her fighting style, the blend of passion, talent and ambition Lucien saw and combined with his training program resulted in seven world titles, one European title and two Dutch titles. Not long after their collaboration Lucien founded his own gym Fighting Factory Carbin in Amsterdam, which is considered one of the best martial arts gyms in the Netherlands. Carbin brought up 49 multiple world champions in different versions of martial arts notable names. Elmonts stable mates were

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. Till now Ilonka Elmont is the only female multiple world champion that Lucien has raised amongst all those men. In 1999 Elmont joined the 1st

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and others. During her fighting career Elmont fought many notable fighters from all over the world in and above her weight division.

Championships and accomplishments

Elmont previously held the following titles: * World Champion IMKO –50,8KG * World Champion WPKL –50,8KG * World Champion IMKO –51,0KG * World Champion WPKL -52,1KG * World Champion WMTC –51,5KG * World Champion WPKL –50,8KG * World Champion WMTC –51,5KG * European Champion EPMTF –50,8KG * Dutch Champion NKBB –50,8KG * Dutch Champion MTBN –52,1KG

Records

* 1999 WPKL style price of the event * 2000 WPKL style price of the event * 2000 Ranked 19th place of the Rings Top 25 fighters * 2001 - 2003 Nominated for the Best female fighter of the year

Other achievements

* 2005 Ambassador of Peoples * Trust Foundation Honorary citizen of Amsterdam South East

Filmography and TV appearances

Movies

Elmont acted in the following movies and series:
Color me bad
as Karin * Schimmen as an enemy; pilot serie directed by

Roef Ragas Rudolphus Henricus Cornelis "Roef" Ragas (25 May 1965 – 30 August 2007) was a Dutch actor from Harderwijk. He was the older brother of Bastiaan and Jeroen Ragas. From 1984 to 1990 Ragas studied Dutch at the University of Amsterdam. He graduate ...

Van Speijk
as Myrna Griffith and Nathalja (7 episodes)

TV appearances as self

Waar is de Mol (2008)
* Spuiten en Slikken (BNN, 2008) * Mike & Thomas Show (2007) an
video
* Jensen (Yorin, 2006) * Rallarsving (Swedish Television series, episode 1, 2005) and video
Try before you die
start at 11.26 (BNN, 2005) * Fight the Virus AIDS Campaign (2005)
Katja vs Bridget
as the trainer of Katja (BNN,2005)
Barend en Van Dorp (RTL4, 2004)
* Gemma Glitter (NPO, 2004) * Lijn 4 ( BNN, 2004) * Kevin Masters starring Thom Rhodes (2003) an
video

Week van Willibrord
(SBS6, 2003) * Menno

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following opponent Cunera Cremers during Dutch title fight in Ahoy, Rotterdam (Veronica, 2000) * Klokhuis (NTR, 2003) * De smaak politie (SBS6, 2003)
Life and Cooking
(2000)
Later wordt het leuk (VARA, 2000)
* Vals plat with

(NPS,1999)

Documentary

Pioneers Veronica Fight video
(2019)
Iedereen Verlicht
(2019)
The Killer Queen (2004)

Fighting Factory (Video) by Wout Kist

Ton Vechters deel 1 (video)
hosted by Ton van Rooyen
Ton Vechters deel 2 (video)
hosted by Ton van Rooyen

Personal life

Elmont became a mother in 2009, she has a son named Jaedon.

Current Activities

Elmont is an ambassador of Ilonka Elmont Foundation which contributes to the sports development for underprivileged children and children with a disability by creating awareness, new chances in the underprivileged communities.

External links

Ilonka Elmont Youtube page

Ilonka Elmont Instagram

References

Lucien Carbin, geïnspireerde songwriter.
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