Gella Vandecaveye
Medal record | ||
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Women's Judo | ||
Representing | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | -61 kg | |
2000 Sydney | -63 kg | |
World Championships | ||
1993 Hamilton | -61 kg | |
2001 Munich | -63 kg | |
1997 Paris | -61 kg | |
1999 Birmingham | -63 kg | |
1995 Chiba | -61 kg | |
European Championships | ||
1994 Gdańsk | -61 kg | |
1996 The Hague | -61 kg | |
1997 Ostend | -61 kg | |
1998 Oviedo | -63 kg | |
1999 Bratislava | -63 kg | |
2000 Wrocław | -63 kg | |
2001 Paris | -63 kg | |
2003 Düsseldorf | -63 kg | |
1995 Birmingham | -61 kg | |
2002 Maribor | -63 kg |
Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.[1]
At the 1996 Summer Olympics she 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.
Gella Vandecaveye was named "1999 European Judoka of the Year".[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Gella Vandecaveye Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ↑ European Judo News, Winter 1999.
Sources
- Judo Legends
- Factfile at JudoInside.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Frauke Eickhoff Keiko Maeda |
World Judo champion (2) 1993 2001 |
Succeeded by Jung Sung Sook Daniela Krukower |
Preceded by |
European Judo champion - 61/63 kg (7) 1994 1996–2001 |
Succeeded by Lucie Décosse |
Awards | ||
Preceded by |
European Judoka of the Year 1994 1998–1999 2001 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by Luc Van Lierde |
Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 2000 |
Succeeded by Jacques Rogge |
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