Dennis Bekkers

Dennis Bekkers
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men’s taekwondo
World Championships
2005 Madrid Featherweight
2007 Beijing Featherweight
Dennis Bekkers

Dennis 'Meatball' Bekkers (born November 29, 1980 in Den Bosch) is a taekwondo practitioner from the Netherlands.[1]

Bekkers competes in men's -68 kilograms class also known as the featherweight.[1] He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championships in Riga, Latvia.[1] That same year he also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Madrid, Spain.[1] In 2006, he managed to improve his European record by becoming European Champion, in Bonn.[1] In 2007, at the Pre-Olympic World Championships in Beijing, he won another bronze medal.[1] In 2008, at the European Championships in Rome, he won the bronze medal.[1] With this performance he managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Athlete biography: Dennis Bekkers, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 13, 2008


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