Jan Snijders (born 14 September 1943 in Eindhoven, North Brabant) is a retired judoka from the Netherlands.

Together with his twin brother Peter Snijders, Anton Geesink, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, Joop Gouweleeuw, Wim Ruska, Ernst Eugster, Henk Numan, Peter Adelaar, Willy Wilhelm, Anthony Wurth and Theo Meyer he belongs to the generation of Dutch top judoka which gained their successes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Jan Snijders as well as his twin brother Peter was known, or indeed notorious, for his technical perfection (Tai Otoshi).

At the 56th congress of the European Judo Union on 3 December 2004 in Budapest, Jan Snijders was appointed Referee Director by the Directing Committee of the EJU.

That is the ideal career that the sports official must take to represent the associations and athletes at the highest levels of interests.