Mark Huizinga (born 10 September 1973) is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.
Huizinga was born in Vlaardingen, South 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 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.
References
External links
Media related to Mark Huizinga at Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Huizinga at the International Judo Federation
- Mark Huizinga at JudoInside.com
- Mark Huizinga at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Mark Huizinga at Olympics.com
- Mark Huizinga at NOC*NSF (in Dutch)
- Mark Huizinga at Olympedia
- Mark Huizinga at The-Sports.org
- MarkHuizinga.nl official website (in English) at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2011)
