Peter Snijders
Peter Snijders (born 14 September 1943) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands. Together with his twin brother Jan Snijders, Anton Geesink, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, Joop Gouweleeuw, Wim Ruska, Ernst Eugster, Henk Numan, Peter Adelaar, Willy Wilhelm, Ben Spijkers, Anthony Wurth and Theo Meyer he belongs to the generation of Dutch top judoka which gained their successes in the 1960s and 1970s. Peter also was a former association coach of the Dutch judo association.
Judo career
Medal record | ||
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Representing Netherlands | ||
Men's Judo | ||
World Championships | ||
1965 Rio de Janeiro | Open |
Peter Snijders started with judo in 1954. Peter Snijders as well as his twin brother Jan was known, or indeed notorious, for his technical perfection (Tai Otoshi). Snijders became in 1966, (80 kilogrammes class) and 1969, (93 kilogrammes class) European champion judo. In 1965, he gained, as substitute of Anton Geesink, the bronze medal in open-class during the world championships in Rio de Janeiro.[1] After his career as a judoka he became pedagogue in penitentiary institutions.
Present
Today Peter Snijders teaches Judo in Heeze and Nuenen along with one of his former students Martin Mordang. As from 1 January 2009, he is running his own Judo club under the name 'Team Snijders'.
References
- ^ "Judo world championship results".
External links
- Peter Snijders at JudoInside.com
- Peter Snijders at Olympedia
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- 1965: Anatoly Yudin
- 1966: Joop Gouweleeuw
- 1967: Peter Herrmann
- 1968: Peter Herrmann
- 1969: Peter Snijders
- 1970: Vladimir Pokataev
- 1971: Helmut Howiller
- 1972: Angelo Parisi
- 1973: Jean-Luc Rougé
- 1974: Goran Žuvela
- 1975: Dietmar Lorenz
- 1976: Tengiz Khubuluri
- 1977: Dietmar Lorenz
- 1978: Dietmar Lorenz
- 1979: Tengiz Khubuluri
- 1980: Jean-Luc Rougé
- 1981: Roger Vachon
- 1982: Robert Köstenberger
- 1983: Valery Divisenko
- 1984: Günther Neureuther
- 1985: Robert Van de Walle
- 1986: Robert Van de Walle
- 1987: Koba Kurtanidze
- 1988: Jiří Sosna
- 1989: Koba Kurtanidze
- 1990: Stéphane Traineau
- 1991: Theo Meijer
- 1992: Stéphane Traineau
- 1993: Stéphane Traineau
- 1994: Paweł Nastula
- 1995: Paweł Nastula
- 1996: Paweł Nastula
- 1997: Ben Sonnemans
- 1998: Daniel Gürschner
- 1999: Stéphane Traineau
- 2000: Yury Styopkin
- 2001: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2002: Elco van der Geest
- 2003: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2004: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2005: Christophe Humbert
- 2006: Ruslan Gasimov
- 2007: Henk Grol
- 2008: Henk Grol
- 2009: Tagir Khaybulaev
- 2010: Elco van der Geest
- 2011: Amel Mekić
- 2012: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2013: Lukáš Krpálek
- 2014: Lukáš Krpálek
- 2015: Henk Grol
- 2016: Henk Grol
- 2017: Elkhan Mammadov
- 2018: Toma Nikiforov
- 2019: Arman Adamian
- 2020: Peter Paltchik
- 2021: Toma Nikiforov
- 2022: Michael Korrel
- 2023: Zelym Kotsoiev
- 2024: Matvey Kanikovskiy