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Ben Spijkers
Dutch judoka (born 1961)
Bernhard Hendrikus Martinus Spijkers (born 10 March 1961) is a Dutch retired judoka who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992). He won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (–86 kg) in Seoul, South Korea (1988), alongside Akinobu Osako from Japan.
In 1995, Spijkers tried his hand at mixed martial arts competition by competing in the World Combat Championship and Shooto events.