• Source: Julie Beurskens

    • Julie Beurskens (born 12 July 2004) is a Dutch judoka. Beurskens won a gold medal at the 2022 European Junior Championships and a silver medal at the 2024 Linz Grand Prix. She is member of the Dutch team that won a bronze medal at the mixed team event of the 2023 World Championships. She competes in the ‍–‍57 kg category.


    Sporting career


    Beurskens started to practice judo at the age of five. She trained at Theo Meijer´s gym in Leusden. At 14 she was national junior champion. In 2021 Beurskens was national open champion in the -52 category and a year later in the -57 category.
    Her international breakthrough came in 2022 when she won the European Junior title in Prague. She moved to National Sports Center Papendal and became a profesional judoka while pursuing at the same time a college degree.
    Beurskens placed second at the 2024 Judo Grand Prix in Linz and fifth at the Judo Grand Slam in Baku. Based on her international ranking, Beurskens obtained a continental quota nomination for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
    With her nomination, Beurskens completed the Dutch mixed team for Paris. This Dutch team, including Beurskens, was bronze medallist at the 2023 World Judo Championships.


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    External links


    Julie Beurskens at the European Judo Union
    Julie Beurskens at the International Judo Federation
    Julie Beurskens at JudoInside.com
    Julie Beurskens at AllJudo.net (in French)
    Julie Beurskens at The-Sports.org
    Julie Beurskens on Instagram

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