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Mandy de Jongh

Margaretha "Mandy" de Jongh is a taekwondo practitioner from the Netherlands. In 1987 she won the World Championships in the middleweight category. Next year, she received an unofficial silver medal in the same weight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won two European titles in 1986 and 1988.

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Mandy de Jongh
Mandy de Jongh in 1988
BornMargaretha de Jongh
27 December 1961 (1961-12-27) (age 64)
NationalityDutch
StyleTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Barcelona -70 kg
European Taekwondo Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seefeld -70 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 Ankara -70 kg

Margaretha "Mandy" de Jongh (born 27 December 1961)1 is a taekwondo practitioner from the Netherlands. In 1987 she won the World Championships in the middleweight (then −70 kg) category. Next year, she received an unofficial silver medal in the same weight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics (taekwondo was then an exhibition event).23 She also won two European titles in 1986 and 1988.4

Next to taekwondo she was a switchboard operator and receptionist at the Ministry of Education.3

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