Sanne Vermeer Explained

Sanne Vermeer
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:1998 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Weight Class:–63 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Weight:Women's 63 kg
Regionals Year2:2021
Regionals Weight2:Women's 63 kg
Updated:21 May 2023

Sanne Vermeer (born 25 March 1998) is a Dutch judoka.[1] She is a bronze medalist in the women's 63 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships and the 2021 European Judo Championships.[2] [3] In 2019, she also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[4]

Career

Vermeer won the gold medal in the women's 63kg event at the 2015 World Judo Cadets Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2016 European Junior Judo Championships held in Málaga, Spain and the 2017 European Junior Judo Championships held in Maribor, Slovenia. At the 2017 World Judo Juniors Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, she won the silver medal in her event.

Vermeer competed in the women's 63kg and women's team events at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. In the same year, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix The Hague held in The Hague, Netherlands.

In 2018, Vermeer won the gold medal in her event at the World Judo Juniors Championships held in Nassau, The Bahamas. A few days later, she was eliminated in her second match in the women's 63kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. A year later, Vermeer lost her bronze medal match in the women's 63kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.

In January 2021, Vermeer won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] [6] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63kg event at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[7] [8] Vermeer was not selected as one of the judoka to represent the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan which turned her year's focus to the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[9] She reached the semi-finals in the women's 63kg event where she lost against the eventual gold medalist Clarisse Agbegnenou of France. Vermeer then secured the bronze medal by defeating Ketleyn Quadros of Brazil.[2] [3] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the silver medal in her event.[10] [11]

Vermeer won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sanne Vermeer. nl. 12 January 2021. Team NL.
  2. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 9 June 2021. Agbegnenou captures fifth world judo title with dominant display in Budapest. InsideTheGames.biz. 9 June 2021.
  3. News: 9 June 2021. Judoka's Vermeer en De Wit grijpen brons op WK in troostfinales. nl. NOS. 9 June 2021.
  4. News: 23 June 2019. Van Dijke verliest finale EK judo, Vermeer verovert brons. nl. NU.nl. 31 January 2022.
  5. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 11 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  6. News: Gillen. Nancy. 12 January 2021. Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 12 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112191412/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102942/agbegnenou-wins-at-world-judo-masters. 12 January 2021.
  7. News: Houston. Michael. 17 April 2021. Olympic champion Trstenjak among winners on day two of European Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 April 2021.
  8. News: 17 April 2021. Sanne van Dijke Europees kampioen, brons voor Vermeer. nl. Judo Bond Nederland. 13 November 2021.
  9. News: 8 June 2021. Judoka Sanne Vermeer heeft patent op brons: "Dus ik heb wel medaillekansen op het WK". nl. Omrop Fryslân. 9 June 2021.
  10. News: Houston. Michael. 27 November 2021. Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 November 2021.
  11. News: 27 November 2021. Sanne Vermeer wint zilver op Grand Slam Abu Dhabi. nl. Judo Bond Nederland. 27 November 2021.
  12. News: 5 February 2022. First Japanese victory U63kg in Paris in ten years. JudoInside.com. 6 February 2022.
  13. News: 5 February 2022. Brons voor Sanne Vermeer op Grand Slam Parijs. nl. Judo Bond Nederland. 6 February 2022.