Ilonka Elmont
Ilonka "Killer Queen" Elmont (born September 11, 1974) in Paramaribo, Suriname and moved to the Netherlands when she was a teenager. She is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional martial artist, a Muaythai kickboxer and seven-time World Champion in the Fly-Weight division (-50.80 kg - 52.16 kg).
Elmont is a technical all-round and skilled fighter with powerful kicks and knee strikes and clinching. With her unorthodox fighting style she surprised many fighters and had a tendency to go head-to-head with her opponents. Her fighting record has 42 fights, with 38 wins (16 by (T) KO), 3 losses and 1 draw. Her nickname is "The Killer Queen".
In 1999 at age 23, her sporting career in thaiboxing started, when she first entered the Fighting Factory Carbin (FFC) gym, in Amsterdam,Netherlands. Lucien Carbin, former World Champion and currently one of the World's most respected and successful coaches, noticed her talent and challenged it to the max. The blend of passion, talent and ambition he saw and combined with his training program resulted in seven World Titles.
Titles
World Champion IMKO –50,8KG
World Champion WPKL –50,8KG
World Champion IMKO –51,0KG
World Champion WPKL -52,1KG
World Champion WMTC –51,5KG
World Champion WPKL –50,8KG
World Champion WMTC –51,5KG
European Champion EPMTF –50,8KG
Dutch Champion NKBB –50,8KG
Dutch Champion MTBN –52,1KG
Media career
During her sports career Ilonka also participated in the "Fight The Virus", fight against AIDS campaign. In 2006 she started acting and was seen several in TV-series such as "Van Speijk" season I and II, Color me Bad, Rallarsving (Swedish), commercial for Nike and Surinam Airways, and several documentaries. Elmont was last seen in an interview/travelling program "Waar is de Mol" in Uganda (2008).
Other TV appearances were at: Try Before You Die (fight with a man, Tv-presentor Filemon Wesselink)
Katja vs Bridget (Elmont was the trainer of Dutch TV-star" Katja Schuurman)
Week of Willibrord
Gemma Glitter (program for kids)
Other media appearances were in Magazines as: Elle, JFK Magazine, Panorama, Esquire Magazine, Actueel magazine, etc.
Business career
Since retiring from the circuit (2006), Elmont runs Be Innovative Foundation which contributes to the sports development for children by creating awareness, new chances and building sports facilities for underprivileged communities in Suriname.
In 2008 she became an UNICEF role model and Sports Ambassador for Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
Nowadays Elmont also performs as a Motivational Speaker. Notable jobs were:
- 2008 Unicef Rolemodel: Campaign Sports for Development (in South America)
- 2007 Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), Topic: Empowerment.
- 2006 Guestspeaker and panelmember at the SPWN (Shell Professional Women's Network) and EPWN (European Professional Women Network.
- 2004 & 2005 Guest Speaker at Women's Inc.
- 2004 Guestspeaker at Black Magic Women's Festival.
Translation
The phrase "Ilonka Elmont" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Swedish.
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