Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer, born on 10 January 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname, who moved to the Netherlands at the age of five. He played football as a teenager, started training at the Mejiro Kickboxing Gym at eighteen and worked for a time as a banker at ABN Amro. He won the K-1 World Grand Prix in 2003, 2004 and 2008, making him a three-time heavyweight champion, and is widely considered one of the greatest kickboxers of all time. He was known for flying kicks and flying knee attacks, which earned him the nickname The Flying Gentleman. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Remy Bonjasky.