Mark Huizinga

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Mark Huizinga

Medal record
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
Huizinga at the 2005 European Championships

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

  1. "BNN's Nationale IQ test 2010, dutch celebrities (Dutch)". BNN. Retrieved 2010-07-27. 

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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Nico Rienks
Flagbearer for  Netherlands
Athens 2004
Succeeded by
Jeroen Delmee
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