Henk Meijer

Henk Meijer
BornHendrik Meijer
(1959-07-22) 22 July 1959 (age 65)
Winschoten, Netherlands
ResidenceGroningen, Netherlands
DivisionHeavyweight
StyleTaekwondo
Teacher(s)Jan Suiveer, Wim Bos
Rank6th dan taekwondo (WTF)
OccupationTaekwondo coach
ChildrenDesi Meijer, Aileen Meijer
Websitehttp://www.henkmeijertkd.nl/

Henk Meijer (born 22 July 1959) is a Dutch taekwondo coach and former Olympic taekwondo competitor.[1] 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.[1][2] 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.

  1. ^ a b Meijer, H. (c. 2006): Taste and Person Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
  2. ^ Schiavello, M. (1994): "The Flying Dutchman: Henk Meijer." Australasian Taekwondo, 3(4):6–11.