Anicka van Emden (born 10 December 1986) is a Dutch retired judoka who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (shared with Yarden Gerbi). She also won bronze medals at the 2011 and 2013 World Judo Championships. [2]
Since 2007, van Emden works 16 hours a week as a radio diagnostic technician at the Haaglanden Medical Centre in The Hague. [2]
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