Dennis Bekkers

Dennis Bekkers ( born November 29, 1980 in 's- Hertogenbosch ) is a Dutch Taekwondo. It starts in the weight category up to 68 kilograms.

His first international title fights denied Bekkers at the Junior European Championships in 1996 in Zagreb, where he semi-finals and won bronze. The breakthrough in the adult area, he succeeded at the European Championships in 2002 in Samsun, where he remained until 67 kg also won bronze in the class. Another successful event was in 2005. In Madrid he was defeated in the World Cup until the semi-finals Mark Lopez and won bronze with his first World Championship medal in Riga, he was also Vice- European Champion. A year later he was in Bonn for the first time European champion and won his first international title. Bekkers qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he lost in the opening fight Son Tae -jin and after another defeat in the repechage against Servet Tazegül number seven occupied. At the European Championships 2010 in St. Petersburg Bekkers could fight with his fifth European Championship bronze medal. Participation in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he narrowly missed, the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazan he lost the decisive battle for third place against Hryhory Chusarow.

Bekkers 's Sports soldier. In Military World Championships, he won four medals, including two gold medals at middleweight.