Cor Hemmers

Who is Cor Hemmers?

Cor Hemmers is a Dutch kickboxing trainer associated with the Golden Glory gym in Breda, Netherlands.

Hemmers began his martial arts training in judo at the age of 6, which he studied until the age of 15 when he switched to Kyokushin Karate. In 1976, Hemmers began competing in full contact karate. During the 1980s, however, kickboxing became more popular in the Netherlands and Hemmers took this up. His professional kickboxing record was 25 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.

In 1984, he opened his own gym called Maeng Ho and he later became the head trainer at the Golden Glory gym. He has trained numerous world champions and contenders in both kickboxing and mixed martial arts including Ramon Dekkers, Heath Herring, Stefan Leko, Alistair Overeem, Bas Rutten, Gökhan Saki and Semmy Schilt. In april 2012 he retired as a professional trainer and decided to continue his sports career as Head of Talent Operations with international kickboxing promotion Glory.

Cor Hemmers was born in Breda, the Netherlands, on 24 August 1956. After finishing high school, he went to university, where he graduated in mathematics.