Gella Vandecaveye
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Judo | ||
Representing  Belgium
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | -61 kg |
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2000 Sydney | -63 kg |
| World Championships | ||
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1993 Hamilton | -61 kg |
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2001 Munich | -63 kg |
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1997 Paris | -61 kg |
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1999 Birmingham | -63 kg |
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1995 Chiba | -61 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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1994 Gdańsk | -61 kg |
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1996 The Hague | -61 kg |
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1997 Ostend | -61 kg |
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1998 Oviedo | -63 kg |
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1999 Bratislava | -63 kg |
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2000 Wrocław | -63 kg |
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2001 Paris | -63 kg |
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2003 Düsseldorf | -63 kg |
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1995 Birmingham | -61 kg |
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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; 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
World Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight | |
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1980–97: –61 kg • 1999–present: –63 kg | |
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List of World Judo Championships medalists in Women's Half Middleweight |
European Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight | |
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1974–97: –61 kg • 1998–present: –63 kg | |
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Belgian female judoka
- Olympic judoka of 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
- Flemish sportspeople
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games