Dennis van der Geest (born June 27, 1975) is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland. At 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeat Kosei Inoue by ippon and In 2005, became world judo champion in the men's open division by defeating Russian Tamerlan Tmenov with ippon in the final. In 2000 and 2002, he became European Champion in the over 100 kg event.

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  • Dennis van der Geest (born June 27, 1975) is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland. At 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeat Kosei Inoue by ippon and In 2005, became world judo champion in the men's open division by defeating Russian Tamerlan Tmenov with ippon in the final. In 2000 and 2002, he became European Champion in the over 100 kg event. He won three bronze medals and one silver medal at previous world championships. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, van der Geest had to play the first round against the same Tamerlan Tmenov. He got injured after Tmenov fell on his arm, and even though he finished the game, was not able to play any further in the olympics. Van der Geest had planned to stop his Judo career after the 2008 Summer Olympics to pursue a career in the music industry, however after the unexpected defeat, he was quoted to consider entering the World Championship in 2009. Outside his sport he was the ambassador of his favourite football team Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 2005/06 season. Next to that, he has released his first single on August 08 on the Dutch Grooves label, called Listen To The Sunshine. This track is released under the stage name Ippon, and is a collaboration with famous dutch producer Ronald Molendijk. His younger brother Elco is also a judoka competing on the highest level. (en)
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  • Dennis van der Geest (born June 27, 1975) is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland. At 2004 Summer Olympics, he defeat Kosei Inoue by ippon and In 2005, became world judo champion in the men's open division by defeating Russian Tamerlan Tmenov with ippon in the final. In 2000 and 2002, he became European Champion in the over 100 kg event. (en)
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