Laerke Marie Olsen Judoka

Laerke Marie Olsen

Country:Denmark
Born:21 June 1998 (22 years)
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Danish judoka Laerke Marie Olsen took silver at the European Open in Minsk in 2018. She won Junior European Cups in La Coruna and Prague and for cadets in Coimbra. Laerke won Danish titles in all age categories. Laerke took a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Nassau in the Bahamas. She took bronze at the 2019 European Open in Prague.

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European U23 Champion Mathias Madsen pays out for Denmark

12 Nov 2020 09:05

Judo Danmark is building a new future with young coaches. Since a few years the team is led by Austrian coach Peter Scharinger. He obviously lives in Denmark. Before him Miguel Ogando Lopes (POR) worked with the talents from Denmark. Both have been working with three athletes who grew from successful cadets to juniors and now want to get traction at senior level. This week Mathias Madsen won the European U23 title, the best ever performance of his country. Read more

Judo in the time of Covid-19: Laerke Olsen

23 May 2020 08:45

Laerke Olsen is one of the three super talents of Denmark. With Emmy Sook and Mathias Madsen they travel the world to fight with the best. It’s a long time since Denmark had such judo generation however internationally it’s very hard to get traction. For a small judo country like Denmark you must do everything everyday to reach the Olympic dream. JudoCrazy’s Oon Yeoh spoke with Laerke Marie Olsen. Read more

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Reaching the last eight in judo is artwork

20 Dec 2019 16:55

It's not easy to find the pace to deliver each event over and over again. American judoka Chantal Wright is the athlete with most Olympic qualification events without reaching the quarter finals. In 13 World Cups she couldn’t reach the last eight, meaning quarter final or repechage match. Taciana Cesar, Aisha Gurbanli and Alexandru Raicu were also a bit unlucky in their first rounds. Read more

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Dutch ace Sanne Vermeer victorious after 2017 silver

20 Oct 2018 06:10

Dutch judoka Sanne Vermeer won the Junior World Championships with a comprehensive victory over Danish Laerke Olsen in the U63kg final. Vermeer had a razor sharp focus all day long and immediately breached the scoreboard with a waza-ari from a ko-soto-gari. Read more

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Special day for Italian juniors as they claim two world titles

20 Oct 2018 00:35

What an amazing day for the Italian team. Never in Italian history have world titles were captured in one day, let alone three world titles in one event. On the third day of the World Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, Alice Bellandi and Christian Parlati claimed junior world titles. Read more