Irene Margreta Maria de Kok (born 29 August 1963 in

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) is a retired

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from the

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, who is a two-fold world-champion and represented Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in

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. There de Kok won a bronze medal in the women's half-heavyweight division (72 kg), alongside Laetitia Meignan from France. She was named ''Dutch Sportswoman of the Year'' in 1987 after having claimed her second world title.

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1963 births Living people Dutch female judoka Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic judoka for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in judo Sportspeople from Eindhoven Martial artists from North Brabant Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportswomen 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-judo-bio-stub