Peter Snijders (born 14 September 1943) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands. Together with his twin brother

Jan Snijders Jan Snijders (born 14 September 1943 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands. Together with his twin brother Peter Snijders, Anton Geesink, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, ...

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, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, Joop Gouweleeuw,

Wim Ruska Willem "Wim" Ruska (29 August 1940 – 14 February 2015) was a judoka from the Netherlands. He is the first athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972. Judo career He started ...

, Ernst Eugster,

Henk Numan Hendrik "Henk" Numan (13 June 1955 – 26 April 2018) was a judoka from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in half-heavyweight division (-95 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. His only loss at that tournament was against the l ...

, Peter Adelaar, Willy Wilhelm, Ben Spijkers, Anthony Wurth and Theo Meyer he belongs to the generation of

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which gained their successes in the 1960s and 1970s. Peter also was a former association coach of the Dutch judo association.

Judo career

Peter Snijders started with

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in 1954. Peter Snijders as well as his twin brother Jan was known, or indeed notorious, for his technical perfection ( Tai Otoshi). Snijders became in 1966, (80 kilogrammes class) and 1969, (93 kilogrammes class)

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an champion judo. In 1965, he gained, as substitute of

, the bronze medal in open-class during the world championships in

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. After his career as a judoka he became pedagogue in penitentiary institutions.

Present

Today Peter Snijders teaches Judo in Heeze and Nuenen along with one of his former students Martin Mordang. As from 1 January 2009, he is running his own Judo club under the name 'Team Snijders'.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Snijders, Peter 1943 births Living people Dutch male judoka Judoka at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Eindhoven Twin sportspeople Dutch twins 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people