Roy Meyer

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Roy Meyer (born June 4, 1991 in Breda ) is a Dutch judoka . In 2019 he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the World Championships, after having been third in the European Championship in 2017.

Athletic career

The 1.86 m tall Roy Meyer always fought in the heavyweight division. In 2010 he was U20 European champion, and four weeks later he won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championships. In 2012 he won the U23 European Championships. In 2014 he won his first World Cup tournament in Sofia. At the 2014 European Championships in Montpelier, he finished seventh after losing to Georgian Adam Okruashvili in the quarter-finals . Four months later at the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, he defeated Okruashvili in the round of 16, but then lost in the quarter-finals to the Brazilian David Moura . In the hope round, Meyer defeated the Kyrgyz Juri Krakowezki and lost in the battle for bronze to the Brazilian Rafael Silva . In November 2014 Meyer finished third at the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi.

In May 2015 he lost to the Hungarian Barna Bor in the final of the Grand Slam tournament in Baku . Six weeks later, the 2015 European Games also took place in Baku , as part of which the 2015 European Championships were held. Meyer lost to the Israeli Or Sasson in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place. In October 2015 Meyer won his only Dutch championship title. After two third places at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris in 2015 and 2016, he reached the final at the Grand Slam tournament in Baku as in 2015, this time he was defeated by the Ukrainian Jakiw Chammo . At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he defeated Deo Gracia Ngokaba from the Republic of Congo in his first fight after 44 seconds , and in the round of 16 he defeated the South Korean Kim Sung-min after 4:01 minutes. In the quarterfinals, Meyer lost to the Israeli Or Sasson in a five-minute fight. After losing to Rafael Silva, Meyer finished seventh.

At the European Championships 2017 in Warsaw, Meyer lost to the Georgian Guram Tuschischwili in the semifinals , and in the battle for bronze he defeated Harun Sadiković from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Four months later, at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Meyer lost to Cuban Alex García Mendoza in his opening match . In 2018 at the European Championships in Tel Aviv , Meyer lost in the quarter-finals to the Russian Tamerlan Baschajew . After defeating the Ukrainian Oleksandr Hordijenko , Meyer lost the battle for bronze against the Austrian Stephan Hegyi . At the 2018 World Championships in Baku, Meyer lost to Guram Tuschishvili in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place. The 2019 European Championships took place as part of the 2019 European Games in Minsk. Meyer lost in the quarterfinals to Ushangi Kokauri from Azerbaijan and finished seventh. Two months later, the 2019 World Championships took place in Tokyo . Meyer lost to the Czech Lukáš Krpálek in the quarterfinals . Meyer won a bronze medal with victories over the Brazilian David Moura and the Georgian Guram Tuschischwili.

Roy Meyer started with Majaheicha Ryu in Breda with judo, in 2009 he switched to Rotterdam Budokan . Until 2018 Meyer was also active at TSV München Großhadern , with whom he became German team champion in 2015.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ fighting periods after sports Reference
  2. ↑ Or Sasson at SportsReference
  3. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Biography on roymeyer.nl (accessed on September 5, 2019)
  5. ↑ Julian Ignatowitsch: Liberated after 14 years Article from October 11, 2015 on sueddeutsche.de (accessed on September 5, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Roy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Breda