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Nouchka Fontijn ([ˈnuʃkaː fɔnˈtɛin]; born 9 November 1987) is a Dutch amateur boxer. She is the current European champion in the women's middleweight or 75 kg class after winning gold at both the European Games 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
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 Bucharest. The next year, she also won gold at the 2015 European Games in Baku.
She won silver at the 2016 World Championships in Astana and again silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, both times after losing 3–0 to Claressa Shields in the final.
