Dennis Bekkers

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Dennis Bekkers
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Men's taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Madrid Featherweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Beijing Featherweight
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Dennis Bekkers

Dennis Bekkers (born 29 November 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. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved August 13, 2008.