Maarten Johannes Arens (born 20 May 1972 in

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ka. European Champion 1995 in Birmingham in the 86 kg categorie, 4 times Dutch champion, Winner Tournoi de Paris in 2000 in the 81 kg category. At the Sydney Olympics partial 9th place in 81 kg category. He was a member of Judo club Hans Meester Hoorn till 1992. And after that he became a member of Judo club KENAMJU Haarlem

Coach

In 2001 he started as national junior coach of the Dutch Judo Federation, among his pupils:

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, Jeroen Mooren and

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. In 2005 he became head coach of the Dutch Judo Men. He stayed head coach until the Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. In this period he was personal coach of:

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and Noel van t End. After the Dutch Judo Federation has decided to centralize their program, he became head coach men and women and head of the National Training Centrer at Papendal. He was coach of

, Marhinde Verkerk and

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. He was also coach of the team with: ''Benito Maij'', ''JP Bell'', ''Michael Bazynksi'', ''Garmt Zijlstra'', ''Akkie Muilwijk'', ''Zeger van Oirschot'' and Matthew Purssey

Results

The results of Arens as coach *2005: Guillaume Elmont and Dennis van der Geest World champion Cairo Egypt, Bronze Mark Huizinga *2007: Ruben Houkes World champion in Rio de Janeiro Brasil, bronze Guilaume Elmont *2009: Henk Grol Vice- World champion Rotterdam The Netherlands *2010: Dex Elmont and Henk Grol both Vice Worldchampion Tokyo Japan *2011: Dex Elmont vice World champion Paris France *2012: Henk Grol bronze Olympic games London England *2013: Henk Grol Vice World champion and Dex Elmont Bronze Rio de Janeiro Brasil *2018: Guusje Steenhuis Vice World champion Baku Azerbaidjan , Marhinde Verkerk and Juul Franssen Bronze medals (not match coach). *2019: Noel van T End World Champion Tokyo Japan, Juul Franssen, Roy Meyer and Michael Korrel Bronze medals (not match coach).

Achievements

Trivia

Arens got promoted to 6th dan on 27 November 2011.

External links

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Dutch Olympic Committee
1972 births Living people Dutch male judoka Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of the Netherlands People from Diemen Sportspeople from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-judo-bio-stub