Patrick Stevens (born July 15, 1979 in

Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (; en, "Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The city is situated on the banks of the river Oude Rijn (Old Rhine), where the r ...

) is a Dutch taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He yielded three medals (one silver and two bronze) in the 84-kg division at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

between 2002 and 2005, and represented his nation Netherlands at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Stevens qualified for the two-member Dutch taekwondo squad in the men's welterweight class (80 kg) at the

in Athens, by placing third and granting a berth from the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. He crashed out in the opening match to the French taekwondo jin

Christophe Negrel Christophe Negrel (born May 25, 1977 in Marseille) is a French taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category. He picked up a total of eight medals in his career, including three from the European Championships and a sil ...

with a score of 10–13. With Negrel being defeated by Azerbaijan's Rashad Ahmadov in the quarterfinal, Stevens denied his chance to compete for the Olympic bronze medal through the repechage.

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* * 1979 births Living people Dutch male taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Netherlands Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Alphen aan den Rijn European Taekwondo Championships medalists 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-taekwondo-bio-stub