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Ivan Hippolyte

Dutch martial artist

伊萬·希波利特 ·

Born
7 October 1964, Suriname
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sport
kickboxing
Occupation
kickboxer
Height
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Ivan "The Hydro" Hippolyte (born 7 October 1964) is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer. He was a multiple world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He was the winner of the K-3 Grand Prix '95.

After he retired, he became the chairman and coach at the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, the same gym where he trained during his fighting career. He was a sparring partner and teammate of four-time K-1 World champion Ernesto Hoost as well as veteran mixed martial artist Gilbert Yvel. He was also a trainer of K-1 World Champion Remy Bonjasky and Mirko Filipović.

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

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