Belgian judoka (born 1973)
Personal information | |
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Born | (1973-06-05) 5 June 1973 (age 51) |
Occupation | Judoka |
Website | www |
Sport | |
Country | Belgium |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –61 kg, –63 kg |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | (1996) |
World Champ. | (1993, 2001) |
European Champ. |
(1994, 1996, 1997, ( 1998, 1999, 2000, ( 2001) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 26324 |
JudoInside.com | 194 |
Updated on 1 June 2023 |
Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is: a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics Vandecaveye won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category. She became World Champion in 1993 and 2001 and was European champion seven times in the 1994–2001 period.
Vandecaveye was named "1999 European Judoka of the Year".
Footnotes※
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gella Vandecaveye". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ European Judo News, "Winter 1999."
External links※
Media related——to Gella Vandecaveye at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Gella Vandecaveye at the International Judo Federation
- Gella Vandecaveye at JudoInside.com
- Gella Vandecaveye at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Gella Vandecaveye at Olympics.com
- Gella Vandecaveye at Olympedia
- Gella Vandecaveye at The-Sports.org
- Judo Legends
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | World Judo champion (2) 1993 2001 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | European Judo champion - 61/63 kg (7) 1994 1996–2001 |
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Awards | ||
Preceded by | European Judoka of the Year 1994 1998–1999 2001 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 2000 |
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Belgian female judoka
- Olympic judoka for Belgium
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Belgium
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Sportspeople from Kortrijk
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games