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

Dennis Bekkers
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men’s taekwondo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Madrid Featherweight
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Beijing Featherweight
Dennis Bekkers

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 edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Athlete biography: Dennis Bekkers, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 13, 2008