Marhinde Verkerk

Marhinde Verkerk

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1985-11-21) 21 November 1985 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Judo
Event	–78 kg
Medal record Women's judo Representing the Netherlands World Championships 2009 Rotterdam –78 kg 2013 Rio de Janeiro –78 kg 2015 Astana –78 kg 2018 Baku –78 kg European Championships 2015 Baku –78 kg 2010 Vienna –78 kg 2014 Montpellier –78 kg 2013 Budapest –78 kg European Games 2015 Baku –78 kg

Marhinde Verkerk (born 21 November 1985) is a Dutch judoka.

Career

Verkerk won the World Judo Championships Women's −78 kg in 2009, in her hometown of Rotterdam. In 2013, she won silver at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and then in 2015, she won the bronze medal.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -78 kg event. She lost to Gemma Gibbons in the quarter-finals and then to Mayra Aguiar in her bronze medal match.

After winning silver, bronze and again silver at the European Championships in 2010, 2013 and 2014, respectively, Verkerk finally won European gold in 2015. As the European Championships were held during the 2015 European Games, this also meant she won the inaugural gold medal in the women's −78 kg division at these championships.

External links

• Marhinde Verkerk at JudoInside.com
• Marhinde Verkerk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)