Mark Huizinga

Mark Huizinga (born 10 September 1973) is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.

Mark Huizinga
Personal information
Born10 September 1973 (1973-09-10) (age 47)
Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Websitewww.markhuizinga.nl/english
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney -90 kg
1996 Atlanta -86 kg
2004 Athens -90 kg
World Championships
2005 Cairo -90 kg
European Championships
1996 The Hague -86 kg
1997 Oostende -86 kg
1998 Oviedo -90 kg
2001 Paris -90 kg
2008 Lisbon -90 kg
2000 Wroclaw -90 kg
2004 Bucharest -90 kg
1994 Gdansk -78 kg
1999 Bratislava -90 kg
2002 Maribor -90 kg
2003 Düsseldorf -90 kg
2005 Rotterdam -90 kg
Huizinga at the 2005 European Championships

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


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