medaltemplates article_title name birth_date
men 's judo ben spijkers
 ben spijkers 10 march 1961
ben spijkers

bernhard -lrb- `` ben '' -rrb- hendrikus martinus spijkers -lrb- born 10 march 1961 in nijmegen , gelderland -rrb- is a retired judoka from the netherlands , who represented his native country at three consecutive summer olympics -lrb- 1984 , 1988 and 1992 -rrb- .
he won the bronze medal in the men 's middleweight division -lrb- -- 86 kg -rrb- in seoul , south korea -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , 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 .
