{{short description|Dutch martial artist}} {{Infobox martial artist | name = Chris Dolman | other_names = "Akaoni" ("The Red Demon")<ref name=Takeuchi>Tadashi Takeuchi, ''The Vale Tudo Kyoku Kyo e no Chosen'', Footwork Shuppan, 1998</ref> | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Christiaan Dolman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|02|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands | height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}} | weight_lb = 273 | weight_class = Heavyweight | reach_in = | style = Judo, Sambo, Kyokushin Karate, Greco-Roman Wrestling | stance = | fighting_out_of = | team = Dolman Gym | trainer = Jon Bluming | rank = {{color box|black}} 10th Dan Black Belt in Kyokushin Budokai<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibk.nl/black-belts-ibk |title=Black Belts IBK |publisher=Internationalbudokaikan.com |accessdate=2014-10-03}}</ref> | years_active = 1972–1996 | kickbox_win = | kickbox_kowin = | kickbox_loss = | kickbox_tkoloss = | mma_kowin = | mma_subwin = | mma_decwin = | mma_subloss = | mma_decloss = | mma_draw = | url = | students = Bas Rutten, Gilbert Yvel, Valentijn Overeem, Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi, Joop Kasteel, Dick Vrij, Hans Nijman, Willie Peeters | sherdog = 5020 | footnotes = | updated = {{start date|2014|10|03}} }} {{MedalTableTop | name = no | medals = {{Medal|Country| the {{NED}} }} {{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|S| 1974 London | +93 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }} {{Medal|G| 1966 Lyon | +93 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| Netherlands Championships }} {{Medal|S| 1971 Haarlem | +100 kg }} {{Medal|Sport| Men's sambo }} {{Medal|Competition| World Games }} {{Medal|G| 1985 London | +100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Championships }} {{Medal|G| 1985 San Sebastián | +100 kg }} {{Medal|S| 1981 Madrid | +100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| World Cup }} {{Medal|G| 1969 Moscow | +100 kg }} {{Medal|B| 1985 Sochi | +100 kg }} {{Medal|Competition| European Championships }} {{Medal|S| 1976 Leningrad | +100 kg }} }}
'''Christiaan''' "'''Chris'''" '''Dolman''' (born 17 February 1945) is a Dutch retired judoka, sambo fighter and wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1974 European Judo Championships<ref>{{cite web |url=http://judoinside.com/judoka/4031 |title=Profile at Judoinfo |publisher=Judoinfo.com |accessdate=2014-09-21}}</ref> and a gold at the 1985 World Sambo Championships, counting as the first non-Russian sambo world champion,<ref name=Black>J. Dick Schilder, ''From Russia with Love: Dutchman Steals Sambo Crown'', Black Belt Magazine, February 1970</ref> and has over 40 national and 10 international championships. He is known for his career in Fighting Network Rings and for his role training several Dutch Mixed Martial Artists and Kickboxers, among them Bas Rutten, Alistair and Valentijn Overeem, Gilbert Yvel and Gegard Mousasi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmahalloffame.com/world/nomineeprofile/352/Chris-Dolman |title=Profile at MMA Hall of Fame |publisher=Mmahalloffame.com |accessdate=2014-09-21}}</ref>
==Career== Dolman started training judo under Jon Bluming at the Tung-Yen dojo while in college.<ref name=Black/> He became a professional competitor shortly after.<ref name=Takeuchi/> In 1970, he extended his competition to sambo by taking part in an international tournament in Moscow. Reportedly, Dolman had no sambo experience, having watched his first practice session of the art two days before the event, and still he dominated the tournament with just his judo and wrestling training.<ref name=Black/>
His first visit to the Japanese rings was in 1976, backing Willem Ruska during his professional wrestling match against Antonio Inoki in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Inspired by this kind of competition, he celebrated a tournament of modern pankration in Holland in 1981.<ref name=Takeuchi/> In 1984, Dolman had his own professional wrestling debut in Universal Wrestling Federation, wrestling Kazuo Yamazaki in a different style fight which Dolman won by armbar.
After UWF's demise, Dolman was contacted by Akira Maeda for his Fighting Network Rings promotion. Leading a stable of Dutch apprentices, which included Dick Vrij, Gilbert Yvel, Valentijn Overeem and other names, Dolman became Maeda's first rival in Rings. He would win the inaugural Rings Mega Battle Tournament in 1993 defeating Maeda in the finals, although the Japanese got revenge on him eliminating him from the 1993 edition. After being eliminated by Yoshihisa Yamamoto the next year, Dolman would stop competing in the tournament, dedicating himself fully to his stablemaster role. His final in-ring match was in 1995, defeating his underling Joop Kasteel.
According to Jon Bluming, Dolman challenged the Gracie family several times during his stint in Rings, but they never answered his letters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realfighting.com/content.php?id=93 |title=Jon Bluming, Europe's first Mixed Martial Artist |publisher=Realfighting.com |accessdate=2014-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313205816/http://www.realfighting.com/content.php?id=93 |archivedate=2015-03-13 }}</ref>
He currently teaches at the Chakuriki/Pancration Gym along with Thom Harinck and leads the RINGS Holland promotion.
==Championships and accomplishments==
===Greco-Roman/Freestyle Wrestling=== * 1966 Benelux Championship * 1967 Benelux Championship * 1968 Benelux Championship * 1969 Benelux Championship
===Judo=== * 1974 European Judo Championship 93 kg class silver medalist * 1966 European Youth Judo Championship * 1965 Netherlands Youth Judo Championship * Eight times Netherlands Judo Championship
===Professional Wrestling=== * '''Fighting Network Rings''' ** Mega Battle Tournament (1992)
===Sambo=== * 1969 World Sambo Championship gold medalist * 1985 World Sambo Championship gold medalist * World Games 1985 Sambo Championship 100 kg class gold medalist * National A.A.U. Sambo Championship (1978)
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==External links== * {{Sports links}} * {{The-Sports}} * {{Facebook}}
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