Mark Huizinga
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Medal record | ||
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Men's judo | ||
Competitor for the Netherlands | ||
Olympic Games | ||
Gold | 2000 Sydney | -90 kg |
Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | -86 kg |
Bronze | 2004 Athens | -90 kg |
World Championships | ||
Bronze | 2005 Cairo | -90 kg |
European Championships | ||
Gold | 1996 The Hague | -86 kg |
Gold | 1997 Oostende | -86 kg |
Gold | 1998 Oviedo | -90 kg |
Gold | 2001 Paris | -90 kg |
Gold | 2008 Lisbon | -90 kg |
Silver | 2000 Wroclaw | -90 kg |
Silver | 2004 Bucharest | -90 kg |
Bronze | 1994 Gdansk | -78 kg |
Bronze | 1999 Bratislava | -90 kg |
Bronze | 2002 Maribor | -90 kg |
Bronze | 2003 Düsseldorf | -90 kg |
Bronze | 2005 Rotterdam | -90 kg |
Mark Huizinga (born September 10, 1973) is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.
Huizinga was born in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland in Netherlands in 1973. He won the gold medal in the men's under 90 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics by defeating Brazil's Carlos Honorato by ippon. He took bronze at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Other laurels include five European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2005 World Judo Championships. Huizinga retired after the 2008 Olympics.
Trivia
On January 20, 2010, Huizinga participated in De Nationale IQ test (The National IQ test) of Dutch broadcaster BNN, an informal quiz/comedy show. He was rated with an intelligence quotient of 142, an all time record on the show.[1]
References
- ↑ "BNN's Nationale IQ test 2010, dutch celebrities (Dutch)". BNN. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
External links
- markhuizinga.nl/english Official website
- Mark Huizinga – JudoInside.com
- Videos of Mark Huizinga on Judovision.org
Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by Nico Rienks |
Flagbearer for Netherlands Athens 2004 |
Succeeded by Jeroen Delmee |
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