Ben Spijkers
Bernhard Hendrikus Martinus "Ben" Spijkers (born March 10, 1961 in Nijmegen ) is a former Dutch judoka . He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1988.
Athletic career
As an adult, the 1.82 m tall Spijkers fought mostly in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 86 kilograms. Of his eleven Dutch championship titles, he won seven in the middleweight division and four in the open class.
At the European Championships in 1984 he was defeated in the quarter-finals by Vitali Pesniak from the Soviet Union, with three wins in the round of hope Spijkers fought his way to the bronze medal. In Los Angeles at the 1984 Olympic Games , Spijkers won his first two fights and was then eliminated by the Brazilian Walter Carmona . In 1985 Spijkers finished fifth at the World Championships . At the European Championships in 1986 he won the semifinals against Vitali Pesniak, in the final he was defeated by the Austrian Peter Seisenbacher . In 1987 Spijkers finished fifth at the European Championships, in 1988 he won a bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 Spijkers lost in the semifinals against Vladimir Shestakov from the Soviet Union. In the battle for the bronze medal, he defeated the British Densign White .
Densign White was also his opponent in the semifinals of the 1989 World Judo Championships . After defeating the British, Spijkers lost to French Fabien Canu in the final . In 1990 and 1991 the Dutchman finished fifth at the European Championships. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Spijkers retired after defeats against the Canadian Nicolas Gill and the Japanese Hirotaka Okada .
After his active career Spijkers was a mat judge on an international level.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984 . Sportverlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5
- Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
Web links
- Ben Spijkers at JudoInside.com
- Ben Spijkers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Dutch Championships at JudoInside.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spijkers, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spijkers, Bernhard Hendrikus Martinus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nijmegen |