Peter Snijders

Petrus "Peter" Henricus Cornelis Snijders (born September 14, 1943 in Eindhoven ) is a former Dutch judoka . He was European champion in 1966 in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 80 kilograms, and in 1969 in the light heavyweight division, the weight class up to 93 kilograms.

Career

The 1.82 m tall Peter Snijders initially competed in the weight class up to 80 kilograms. He won a bronze medal at the European Championships in 1964 and was Dutch champion for the first time in 1964. At the Olympic premiere of judo in Tokyo in 1964 , he won his preliminary group. In the quarter-finals he was eliminated by the German Wolfgang Hofmann and thus finished fifth.

At the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro in 1965 , Snijders won a bronze medal in the open class. In 1966 Snijders won his second Dutch championship title. At the European Championships in 1966 he won the final against Vladimir Pokatajew from the Soviet Union. In 1967 he switched to the weight class up to 93 kilograms and won his third Dutch championship title. At the European Championships in 1969, he again won the final against Pokatajew. At the European Championships in 1971 Peter again won bronze in the light heavyweight division.

Peter Snijders is the twin brother of Jan Snijders .

Web links

Tournament results at JudoInside.com
Peter Snijders in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 715
↑ According to the results list of the European championships in 1969 at judoinside.com, Peter won gold in the light heavyweight division and his brother Jan won bronze in the middleweight division. According to sport-komplett.de Jan won the light heavyweight division and Peter won bronze in the middleweight division in 1969 according to the presentation on sport-komplett.de .

personal data
SURNAME	Snijders, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Snijders, Petrus Henricus Cornelis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch judoka
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eindhoven

[1] Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 . P. 715

[2] According to the results list of the European championships in 1969 at judoinside.com, Peter won gold in the light heavyweight division and his brother Jan won bronze in the middleweight division. According to sport-komplett.de Jan won the light heavyweight division and Peter won bronze in the middleweight division in 1969 according to the presentation on sport-komplett.de .