Melvin Schol
Dutch martial artist (born 1991)
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Melvin Schol (born 27 April 1991) is a dutch martial artist who represented his native country Netherlands in judo and since 2015 he switched for sport jujitsu.
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| Born | 27 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | ju-jitsu (−94 kg), judo (−81 kg, −90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Fighting Ju-jitsu Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Ben Rietdijk Barry van Bommel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Notable club | Ben Rietdijk Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 30 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He began with judo at hometown Velserbroek at Ben Rietdijk's judo academy.[1] Since 2011 he was part of Netherlands's judo team.[2] He was competing unsuccessfully with Neal van de Kamer[3] for Netherlands's leader at −81 kg weight category. Around autumn 2014 he decided switch sport for sport jujitsu because Netherlands hosted in 2015 European championships in city Almere. He was trained by Dutch ju-jitsu legend Barry van Bommel and at European championships he took second place.[4] Later on November he became world champion in ju-jitsu in Bangkok.[5] He retired from top sport around 2018.[6]
