Iwan Blijd (born 8 May 1953) is a Surinamese judoka, who represented his country at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. Blijd was just one of two athletes selected to represent

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

at the

and was the first Surinamese judoka at the Olympics, he was 19 years old when he competed in the 63 kg event, he was drawn against Marcel Burkhard from Switzerland in the first round and lost the bout just after 5 minutes and therefore didn't advance any further in the competition.

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1953 births Living people Surinamese male judoka Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Suriname {{Suriname-judo-bio-stub