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Henk Meijer

Dutch taekwondo practitioner (1959)

Born
22 July 1959, Winschoten
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sport
taekwondo
Occupation
taekwondo athlete

Henk Meijer (born 22 July 1959) is a Dutch taekwondo coach and former Olympic taekwondo competitor. He was the men's heavyweight champion at the 7th World Taekwondo Championships in 1985, becoming the first non-Korean to win a world title in taekwondo in South Korea. He was Olympic taekwondo coach for the Netherlands at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, and was later national taekwondo coach for France. In February 2010, he began working as Head Coach for the Greek Taekwondo Federation.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1983 World Taekwondo Championships1983
1985 World Taekwondo Championships1985
1988 European Taekwondo Championships1988
1988 Summer Olympics1988

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q5714472 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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