Inés Kaspers
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| Born | 7 February 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –72 kg | ||||||||||||||
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| World Champ. | 5th (1980) | ||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1982) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5941 | ||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Inés Kaspers (born 7 February 1948) is a Dutch-born Spanish judoka who competed at international judo competitions. She was a four-time Spanish national champion, a European bronze medalist and was the first Spanish female judoka to compete at the first women's World Judo Championships in New York City.[1][2]
Kaspers grew up in Amsterdam, she had a hard upbringing as her parents worked in the city's red light district. She left the Netherlands aged eighteen and emigrated to Spain where she married and gave birth to her son.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ines Kaspers - JudoInside". JudoInside. 21 June 2022.
- ^ "From the plastic doll to the World Cup: the route of the pioneers of Spanish judo (in Spanish)". Agencia EFE. 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Ines Kaspers, the pioneer of women's judo: "It allowed me to be the woman I felt" (in Spanish)". Marca. 7 March 2022.