Karin Sökare (née Olsson; born November 9, 1964) is a Swedish karateka. She has a 7th Dan black belt in karate and is a World Games gold medalist.[1]
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| Born | Karin Linnéa Olsson November 9, 1964 Haninge, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Upplands Väsby, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | +60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Karate (Kumite) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 7th Dan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable club(s) | Turebergs KK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sökare is one of Sweden's most accomplished female karateka. She competed 15 years for the Swedish National Team and won 21 Swedish Championships and 7 Nordic Championships.[1] She won the gold medal in 1987 Karate World Cup held in Budapest, and a bronze medal in 1984 Eakf European Karate Championships in Dublin. She won gold at the 1993 World Games in The Hague, Netherlands and the 28th edition of the Uek European Karate Championships, held in Prague, Czech Republic in May 1993. [2] She earned two medals at the 1994 Uek European Karate Championships, held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England in May 1994.[3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Karin är en av karatens största". Stockholm Direct. 8 May 1993. Retrieved 27 April 2020. (in Swedish)
- ^ "DJB-Magazin" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 9 December 2014. (in German)
- ^ "Karate: Ancient pursuit in need of new face: Steve Bunce reports from Birmingham on a sport's desire to shed an unwanted image". Independent. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ^ "Karate Magazine" (PDF). Chronik-karate.de. July 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-03-08. (in German)
- ^ "Svenskt EM-silver i karate - DN.SE". 8 May 1994. Retrieved 24 June 2017. (in Swedish)
- ^ "Historiskt Svenskt karateguld - DN.SE". 9 May 1993. Retrieved 24 June 2017. (in Swedish)
External links
edit- Karate Records - European Championship 1993
- Karate Records - European Championship 1994
- Karate Records - World Games
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