Julie Kitchen (born 19 April 1977) is an English sports commentator and retired

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fighter.

Early life

Julie Kitchen was born at Truro Hospital to parents Ivor and Lynn Barrett, as the middle child of three daughters. Between the ages of six and eleven she attended St.Paul's School in Penzance, Cornwall. She was a shy child making very few friends and was content with family life. Her family was very close and she played the role of a second mother to her younger sister. At the age of eleven she decided to become a vegetarian because she did not like the taste of meat. She remains a vegetarian to this day, but now includes fish into her diet. At the age of twelve she started at

Humphry Davy School Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The school teaches 11 to 16-year-olds. History The oldest part of the main school building was completed in 1909. It was originally called the Penzance County School a ...

in Penzance where she continued to find socialising uncomfortable due to shyness. Although she did not like school, she enjoyed the subjects of Art, Mathematics and Physical Education. During this time she began to excel at the sports of hockey, netball and athletics. In 1989 she enrolled in the Sea Cadets, and by the time she was sixteen had worked her way up the ranks to Petty Officer. She was awarded the honour of Lord Lieutenant's Cadet. Before leaving the Sea Cadets in 1993 she had considered working her way into teaching in the Navy. Julie Kitchen attributes the Sea Cadets has a major part of overcoming her shyness. In 1993, at the age of sixteen, she went on to study a Leisure and Tourism course at

Penwith College Truro and Penwith College is a Tertiary College and Further Education College in Cornwall, United Kingdom. History Truro College was founded in 1993 as a new college in Gloweth near Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall, to replace the Truro Sixt ...

after finishing school and leaving the Sea Cadets. In this year she met her future husband, and coach Nathan Kitchen. On 26 February 1999 she gave birth to twin daughters. Shortly after the birth of the twins, at the age of twenty-four, she joined Touchgloves Gym in Penzance to lose weight.

Career

Julie Kitchen won her professional debut in March 2002 against Diane Fletcher from Liverpool, England. During her career she faced fighters from fifteen countries. She was the first British woman to win a WBC title. Her last fight was in Los Angeles, California against British fighter

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on 12 January 2012. She lost via split decision after five rounds. She officially retired later that month.

Championships and awards

Titles

World Boxing Council Muaythai In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

**2011 WBC Welterweight World Champion *

International Kickboxing Federation The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is a sanctioning body for kickboxing and Muay Thai based in the United States. The IKF sanctions and regulates all aspects of these sports from Semi Contact IKF Point Kickboxing (IKF/PKB)) to Full Co ...

**2010

(IKF) World Super Lightweight Muay Thai Champion **2010

(IKF) World Champion, 62.2 kg **2005

(IKF) Amateur Muay Thai Rules Super Lightweight British Champion, 63 kg *Backstreet Brawler & Top King **2010 World Champion, 63.5 kg (Two time) *

World Muaythai Council The World Muaythai Council (WMC) is one of the oldest and the largest professional sanctioning organizations of Muaythai in the world for the sport. The organization was set up in 1995 by parliament resolution, and is incorporated by the Royal T ...

**2009 WMC World Champion, 63 kg (Two time) *

International Sport Karate Association The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the Unite ...

**2009 ISKA World Champion, −66 kg **2008 ISKA World Champion, −64 kg *World Professional Muaythai Federation **2009 WPMF World Champion, 67 kg **2009 WPMF World Champion, 65 kg *Women's International Kickboxing Association **2008 WIKBA Intercontinental Champion, 63 kg **2006 WIKBA World Champion, 61.5 kg (Two time) *International MuayThai and Kickboxing Organisation **2007 IMKO European Champion, 63 kg *NMF/ITMF **2008 NMF/ITMF World Champion, 65 kg *Capital Punishment **2006 Capital Punishment World Champion, 61.5 kg *World Professional Kickboxing League **2005 WPKL British Champion, 63 kg *

World Kickboxing Association The World Kickboxing Association (WKA) also known as World Kickboxing and Karate Association, is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning body for kickboxing and Karate. History In 1976, the WKA was founded by Howa ...

**2005 WKA British Champion, 63 kg **2004 WKA British Champion, 59 kg

Other titles

**2007 Golden Belt European Champion, 61.5 kg **2006 BKK Female British Junior Welterweight Champion, 63.5 kg **2005 BMBC English Champion, 60 kg **2005 FIST British Champion, 63 kg (1 defence) **2004 BKK British Champion, 63 kg

Awards

*Awakening Fighters **2012 AOCA / Awakening Outstanding Contribution Award

Other awards

**2011 Pride of Cornwall Award (The first ever female to win this award) **2011 Fighters Hall of Fame / Best Female Martial Artist *

International Sport Kickboxing Association The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the Unit ...

**2010 ISKA Fighter of the Year **2009 ISKA Fighter of the Year

After retirement

Julie Kitchen is a sports commentator for the kickboxing promotion

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Kickboxing record

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References

External links

Official Julie Kitchen Website

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Awakening Fighters

Julie Kitchen Facebook Athlete Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitchen, Julie 1977 births Living people English female kickboxers English Muay Thai practitioners Female Muay Thai practitioners People educated at Humphry Davy School Sportspeople from Penzance