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Belgian judoka (born 1973)
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 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".[2]
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
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Preceded by | World Judo champion (2) 1993 2001 |
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Preceded by | European Judo champion - 61/63 kg (7) 1994 1996–2001 |
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Preceded by | European Judoka of the Year 1994 1998–1999 2001 |
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Preceded by | Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 2000 |
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Belgium at the Olympics – Belgian Olympic medalists in Women's judo | |
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World Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight | |
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1980–97: –61 kg • 1999–present: –63 kg | |
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Vlaamse Reus Award | |
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