Roy Meyer Explained

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Roy Meyer
Birth Name:Roy
Nickname:The Small Giant
Nationality:Dutch
Hometown:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Birth Date:4 June 1991
Birth Place:Breda, Netherlands
Height:186 cm
Weight:122 kg
Website:roymeyer.nl
Country:Netherlands
Weight Class:+100 kg
Club:Budokan Rotterdam
Coach:Jean-Paul Bell
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2019
Worlds Weight:Men's +100 kg
Worlds Year2:2021
Worlds Weight2:Men's +100 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2017
Regionals Weight:Men's +100 kg
Regionals Year2:2022
Regionals Weight2:Men's +100 kg
Nationals:Dutch champion 2015
Olympics Rank:7
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Men's +100 kg
Highestranking:3(2016)
Updated:23 May 2023

Roy Meyer (born 4 June 1991) is a Dutch judoka.

He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's +100 kg.[1] In the quarter finals he was defeated by the eventual bronze medalist Or Sasson of Israel. In the repechage he was defeated by later bronze medalist Rafael Silva of Brazil. In the second round he eliminated Deo Gracia Ngokaba of Congo and in the third round he eliminated Kim Sung-Min of South Korea.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roy Meyer . rio2016.com . 12 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806043106/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/roy-meyer . 6 August 2016 .
  2. Web site: Second medal for Israel: Or Sasson wins bronze in judo. 12 August 2016 .
  3. News: Rio Olympics //Israeli judoka Or Sasson loses semi-final to French legend, but medal hopes linger – Sports. Haaretz .