Otti Roethof

Otti Roethof
Otti Roethof (left) and John Reeberg in 1980
Bornca. 1950 (age 75–76)
Curaçao
StyleKarate
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Netherlands
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1977 Long BeachKumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place1977 Long BeachKumite team
Bronze medal – third place1980 MadridKumite −80 kg
Silver medal – second place1980 MadridKumite team
Silver medal – second place1984 MaastrichtKumite −80 kg
European Championship
Silver medal – second place1976 IranKumite −80 kg
Silver medal – second place1978 GenevaKumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place1979 HelsinkiKumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place1979 HelsinkiKumite team
Silver medal – second place1984 ParisKumite −80 kg
World Games
Bronze medal – third place1981 Santa ClaraKumite −80 kg[1]

Otti Roethof (born c. 1950)[2] is a former Dutch karateka.

Roethof was born on Curaçao and moved with his family to Suriname at the age of 10.[3] In the early 70s he moved to the Netherlands, where he lived in Amsterdam. Between 1977 and 1984 he won multiple Karate medals at the European and World Karate Championships.[4] In 1977 in Tokyo he became the first non-Japanese world champion.[3][5] In 1984 he published the book Karate: een handboek voor trainer, coach en karateka (ISBN 90-6076-192-8). In 1985 he became coach of the Dutch national karate team. At his last world championships in 1986 he comes in fourth.[6]

Roethof ran several sport schools and owned a sports retail shop in the 1990s.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Home > The Games > Results history". World Games. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Named 27 years of age in Nederland behaalt wereldtitel karate, Leidse Courant, 5 December 1977. (in Dutch)
  3. 1 2 Otti Roethof nog altijd succesvol Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, at Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Suriname, 5 July 2007 (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc. May 1978. pp. 12–.
  5. ↑ Otti Roethof rustig op weg naar twee wereldtitels, Leidse Courant, 22 November 1980. (in Dutch)
  6. 1 2 Dossier Otti Roethof. limburger.nl. 13 April 2010
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