Laurence Rase (born 4 April 1977 in
Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
,
Hainaut,
Belgium
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) is a female
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
practitioner from
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. She is a two-time heavyweight medalist at the
World Taekwondo Championships
The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years by World Taekwondo.
Competitions
1 Wuxi, China, was originally selected to host the 2021 World Taekwondo Championships. Due to the impact of the Global COVID-19 pandemic, Wuxi gave up ...
and won the
2006 European Championship in heavyweight.
Rase is so far the only Belgian female taekwondo practitioner to win a medal at the World Championships. Rase is so far the only Belgian taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympics as well. She competed in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by losing to
Natália Falavigna
Natália Falavigna da Silva (born May 9, 1984 in Maringá''Guia do Pan – XV Jogos Pan-Americanos''. Rio de Janeiro: Lance!, 2007) is a taekwondo athlete from Brazil. She finished in the fourth place in the women's 67-kilogram category in taekw ...
of
Brazil
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8–4.
Rase has been serving as the Performance Director of the Flemish Taekwondo Union since 2010.
External links
*Profile fro
Sports-Reference
1977 births
Living people
Belgian female taekwondo practitioners
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Belgium
Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Belgium
European Taekwondo Championships medalists
World Taekwondo Championships medalists
Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Mons
21st-century Belgian women
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