Otti Roethof

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

Otti Roethof
Otti Roethof (left) and John Reeberg in 1980
Bornca. 1950 (age 72–73)
Curaçao
StyleKarate
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Netherlands
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1977 Long Beach Kumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place 1977 Long Beach Kumite team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Madrid Kumite −80 kg
Silver medal – second place 1980 Madrid Kumite team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Maastricht Kumite −80 kg
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1976 Iran Kumite −80 kg
Silver medal – second place 1978 Geneva Kumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Helsinki Kumite −80 kg
Gold medal – first place 1979 Helsinki Kumite team
Silver medal – second place 1984 Paris Kumite −80 kg
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Santa Clara Kumite −80 kg[1]

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. 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. Dossier Otti Roethof. limburger.nl. 13 April 2010


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