Karin Sökare

Karin Sökare (née Olsson; born November 9, 1964) is a Swedish karateka. She has a 7th Dan black belt in karate and is a World Games gold medalist.[1]

Karin Sökare
BornKarin Linnéa Olsson
(1964-11-09) November 9, 1964
Haninge, Sweden
ResidenceUpplands Väsby, Sweden
Division+60 kg
StyleKarate (Kumite)
Rank7th Dan
Notable club(s)Turebergs KK
Medal record
Karate
Representing  Sweden
Eakf European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1984 DublinKumite +60 kg
Uek European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1988 GenovaKumite Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 PragueKumite +60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1994 BirminghamKumite +60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1994 BirminghamKumite Team


World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1987 BudapestKumite +60 kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 The HagueKumite +60 kg

Sökare is one of Sweden's most accomplished female karateka. She competed 15 years for the Swedish National Team and won 21 Swedish Championships and 7 Nordic Championships.[1] She won the gold medal in 1987 Karate World Cup held in Budapest, and a bronze medal in 1984 Eakf European Karate Championships in Dublin. She won gold at the 1993 World Games in The Hague, Netherlands and the 28th edition of the Uek European Karate Championships, held in Prague, Czech Republic in May 1993. [2] She earned two medals at the 1994 Uek European Karate Championships, held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England in May 1994.[3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Karin är en av karatens största". Stockholm Direct. 8 May 1993. Retrieved 27 April 2020. (in Swedish)
  2. "DJB-Magazin" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 9 December 2014. (in German)
  3. "Karate: Ancient pursuit in need of new face: Steve Bunce reports from Birmingham on a sport's desire to shed an unwanted image". Independent. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  4. "Karate Magazine" (PDF). Chronik-karate.de. July 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2017-03-08. (in German)
  5. "Svenskt EM-silver i karate - DN.SE". 8 May 1994. Retrieved 24 June 2017. (in Swedish)
  6. "Historiskt Svenskt karateguld - DN.SE". 9 May 1993. Retrieved 24 June 2017. (in Swedish)


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