Melvin Schol (born 27 April 1991) is a dutch martial artist who represented his native country Netherlands in judo and since 2015 he switched for sport jujitsu.

Melvin Schol
Born (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33)
NationalityDutch
Divisionju-jitsu (−94 kg), judo (−81 kg, −90 kg)
StyleFighting Ju-jitsu
Judo
TrainerBen Rietdijk
Barry van Bommel
Notable club(s)Ben Rietdijk Sport
Medal record
Men's sport ju-jitsu
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Fighting −94 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wroclaw Fighting −94 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bogota Fighting −94 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Almere Fighting −94 kg
Last updated on: 30 November 2019

He began with judo at hometown Velserbroek at Ben Rietdijk's judo academy.[1] Since 2011 he was part of Netherlands's judo team.[2] He was competing unsuccessfully with Neal van de Kamer[3] for Netherlands's leader at −81 kg weight category. Around autumn 2014 he decided switch sport for sport jujitsu because Netherlands hosted in 2015 European championships in city Almere. He was trained by Dutch ju-jitsu legend Barry van Bommel and at European championships he took second place.[4] Later on November he became world champion in ju-jitsu in Bangkok.[5] He retired from top sport around 2018.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "'Judoka' Melvin Schol grijpt wereldtitel jiu jitsu". 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ "JudoInside - Melvin Schol Judoka".
  3. ^ "JudoInside - Neal van de Kamer Judoka".
  4. ^ "wk ju-jitsu thailand mijn kwalificatie traject".[dead link]
  5. ^ "Wereldkampioen jiujitsu krijgt brief van de koning".
  6. ^ "ZERO23 Trainer: Melvin Schol".