Mark Huizinga

Mark Huizinga

Personal information
Born	September 10, 1973 (1973-09-10) (age 43) Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Website	www.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

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

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.

On January 20, 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.

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