Mark Huizinga (born 10 September 1973) is a Dutch judoka and

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. Huizinga was born in

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, South Holland in

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in 1973. He won the gold medal in the men's under 90 kg class at the

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by defeating

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's Carlos Honorato by

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

. He took bronze at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Other laurels include five European Championships and a bronze medal at the

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. 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.

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* * * * * 1973 births Living people Dutch male judoka Olympic judoka of the Netherlands Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands People from Vlaardingen Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub