Nouchka Fontijn (; born 9 November 1987) is a retired Dutch

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. She is the current European champion in the women's middleweight or 75 kg class after winning gold at both the

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in 2015 and the European Championships in 2014.

Early life and education

Nouchka Fontijn was born on 9 November 1987 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She studied physiotherapy at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Boxing career

Nouchka Fontijn vs Anna Laurell Nash - 2015 European Games - Final

Fontijn started amateur boxing in 2007 and has been competing in the middleweight or 75 kg class. She first became Dutch champion in 2009 and has prolonged her title every year since. She won silver at the 2011 European Championships in Rotterdam, after losing in the final from Nadezhda Torlopova. She won gold at the 2014 European Championships in

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. The next year, she also won

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at the 2015 European Games in Baku. She won

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at the 2016 World Championships in

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and again

at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, both times after losing 3–0 to

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in the final. Fontijn also competed at the

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where she won the bronze medal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontijn, Nouchka 1987 births AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists Boxers at the 2015 European Games Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Dutch women boxers Living people Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of the Netherlands Olympic medalists in boxing Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Boxers from Rotterdam European Games medalists in boxing European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands Boxers at the 2019 European Games European Games silver medalists for the Netherlands Middleweight boxers