Mark Huizinga (born 10 September 1973) is a Dutch

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and Olympic champion. Huizinga was born in Vlaardingen,

South Holland South Holland ( nl, Zuid-Holland ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.7 million as of October 2021 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely ...

in Netherlands in 1973. He won the gold medal in the men's under 90 kg class at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

by defeating Brazil's

Carlos Honorato Carlos Eduardo Honorato (born 9 November 1974 in São Paulo) is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the middleweight (90 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Holland's ...

by ippon. He took bronze at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Other laurels include five European Championships and a bronze medal at the

2005 World Judo Championships The 2005 World Judo Championships were the 24th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held in Cairo, Egypt from September 8 to September 12, 2005. Brazilian João Derly was voted as best performance of the championship. On the last da ...

. Huizinga retired after the 2008 Olympics.

Trivia

On 20 January 2010, Huizinga participated in ''De Nationale IQ test'' (The National IQ test) of Dutch broadcaster BNN, an informal quiz/comedy show. He was rated with an intelligence quotient of 142, an all-time record on the show.

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