Moira de Villiers

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Moira de Villiers
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealander
Born (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 36)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍70 kg, ‍–‍78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2012, 2024)
World Champ.R16 (2022, 2023)
OJU Champ.Gold (× 8 times)
File:Silver medal america.svg (2023)
Commonwealth GamesSilver (2014)
Updated on 3 November 2025

Moira de Villiers (born 16 March 1990), also known by her married name of Koster, is a South African-born New Zealand judoka.[2] She competed in the 70 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics losing in the first round.[3] She competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won the silver medal.[4]

De Villiers is married to Jason Koster; he is also a judoka.[5] They have a daughter together and her husband has a son from a previous relationship.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Moira de Villiers". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Moira de Villiers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ London 2012 profile Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Commonwealth Games: Leat and De Villiers take silver in judo stuff.co.nz, 26 July 2014
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Husband-wife duo Moira de Villiers, Jason Koster headline Kiwi judo contingent". Newshub. 13 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ Lourens, Mariné (20 July 2024). "Olympian Moira Koster on juggling a judo career with motherhood". The Press. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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