Henk Grol

Hindrik Harmannus Arnoldus "Henk" Grol (born 14 April 1985 in Veendam) is a Dutch judoka.

Henk Grol
Grol in 2012
Personal information
Full nameHindrik Harmannus Arnoldus Grol
NationalityDutch
Born (1985-04-14) April 14, 1985
Winschoten, Netherlands
EducationCommunications, Marketing
Alma materJohan Cruijff College
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Websitehenkgrol.nl
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Event(s)100 kg
ClubKenamju
Coached byMaarten Arens, Ronald Joorse
Achievements and titles
World finals
Regional finals
Olympic finals
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing –100 kg
2012 London –100 kg
World Championships
2009 Rotterdam –100 kg
2010 Tokyo –100 kg
2013 Rio de Janeiro –100 kg
European Games
2015 Baku –100 kg
2019 Minsk+100 kg
European Championships
2008 Lisbon –100 kg
2009 Tbilisi –100 kg
2010 Vienna –100 kg
2013 Budapest –100 kg
2015 Baku –100 kg
2016 Kazan –100 kg
2018 Tel Aviv +100 kg
2019 Minsk+100 kg
Updated on 26 November 2018.

Judo career

Grol competed in the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in the men's under 90 kg, as a replacement for Mark Huizinga, who cancelled last minute due to personal problems.

He won gold in the men's under 100-kilo class at the 2008 European Judo Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. He was the youngest European Champion of that year, only 22 years old.

After a highly competitive race against Elco van der Geest, Grol ended up to be the 2008 representative for the men's 100 kg category for the Netherlands at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. There he reached the semifinals, where he was beaten by Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan. He went on to win bronze.

He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals, where he lost to Dimitri Peters of Germany.[1] Grol went on to win the bronze medal beating Ramziddin Sayidov in his bronze medal match.[1]

He competed at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv where he ended third. [2]

In 2021, he won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[3][4]

Outside of Judo

After the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he considered starting a mixed martial arts career and trained with Gegard Mousasi in Amsterdam. Eventually he decided to quit training MMA due to safety considerations.[5]

References
  1. "90 – 100kg (half-heavyweight) men results – Judo – London 2012 Olympics". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  2. https://www.combat-sports.net/en/2018/05/04/judo-henk-grol-now-i-felt-physically-stronger/
  3. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. Gillen, Nancy (13 January 2021). "Riner brings IJF World Judo Masters to conclusion with heavyweight gold medal". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. http://www.mmaplanet.nl/mmanieuws/henk-grol-overwoog-mma-maar-dat-werd-niets/


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