Laurence Rase

Laurence Rase
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
1999 Edmonton Heavyweight
2005 Madrid Heavyweight
European Championships
2006 Bonn Heavyweight
1998 Eindhoven Heavyweight
2004 Lillehammer Middleweight
Universiade
2005 Izmir Heavyweight
World University Championships
2004 Patras Heavyweight
2000 Taiwan Heavyweight

Laurence Rase (born 4 April 1977 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium) is a female taekwondo practitioner from Belgium. She is a two-time heavyweight medalist at the World Taekwondo Championships and won the 2006 European Championship in heavyweight.

Rase is so far the only Belgian female taekwondo practitioner to win a medal at the World Championships. Rase is so far the only Belgian taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympics as well. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by losing to Natália Falavigna of Brazil 8-4.

Rase has been serving as the Performance Director of the Flemish Taekwondo Union since 2010.


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