Henk Numan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henk Numan

judoka

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1955

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 26-Apr-2018

Profession: judoka

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hendrik "Henk" Numan (13 June 1955 – 26 April 2018) was a retired judoka from the Netherlands, who won the bronze medal in half-heavyweight division (-95 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
His only loss at that tournament was against the later champion Robert Van De Walle from Belgium.
A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1979 World Judo Championships.
In 1992, he also competed in Japanese professional wrestling for Fighting Network RINGS as a part of Chris Dolman's team. Numan died at the age of 62 on 26 April 2018.
No cause of death was publicly released.
However, in an interview with Dutch wrestling coach Bert Kops jr, published a few weeks later, it was revealed that Numan had committed suicide.