Charmie Sobers

Charmie Sobers
Personal information
Full name	Charmian Colette Sobers
Nationality	Netherlands
Born	19 January 1973 (age 51); Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands; Antilles
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	67 kg

Charmian Colette "Charmie" Sobers (born 19 January 1973 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a retired Dutch taekwondo practitioner of Curaçaoan descent.^[1] Sobers qualified for the Netherlands in the women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by finishing third and receiving a berth from the European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[2] Sobers outclassed Great Britain's Sarah Bainbridge in the preliminary round of sixteen before losing out the quarterfinal match to Philippines' Mary Antoinette Rivero with a default score of 4–10.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charmie Sobers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Thijs en Charmie verzekerd van Olympische startplaats" [Thijs and Charmie are assured of Olympic spots] (in Dutch). Taekwondobond Nederland. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ Tacujan, Lito (30 August 2004). "Hurting Rivero comes out winner despite loss". Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Wynne wins kayak bronze". The Daily Telegraph. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ "Taekwondo – Women's Welterweight (67kg)". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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