Gella Vandecaveye
Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.[1]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Judo | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | -61 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2000 Sydney | -63 kg |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 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 |
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; et al. "Gella Vandecaveye Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- European Judo News, Winter 1999.
Sources
- Judo Legends
- Factfile at JudoInside.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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