Dennis Bekkers

Dennis Bekkers
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men’s taekwondo
World Championships
2005 Madrid Featherweight
2007 Beijing Featherweight
Dennis Bekkers

Dennis Bekkers (born November 29, 1980 in Den Bosch) is a taekwondo practitioner from the Netherlands.[1]

Bekkers competes in men's -68 kilograms class also known as the featherweight.[1] He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Championships in Riga, Latvia.[1] That same year he also won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Madrid, Spain.[1] In 2006, he managed to improve his European record by becoming European Champion, in Bonn.[1] In 2007, at the Pre-Olympic World Championships in Beijing, he won another bronze medal.[1] In 2008, at the European Championships in Rome, he won the bronze medal.[1] With this performance he managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Athlete biography: Dennis Bekkers, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 13, 2008


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