Gella Vandecaveye

Belgian judoka

Gella Vandecaveye
Personal information
Born (1973-06-05) 5 June 1973 (age 50)
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.gella.be Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportJudo
Weight class–61 kg, –63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (1996)
World Champ.Gold (1993, 2001)
European Champ.Gold (1994, 1996, 1997,
Gold (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Profile at external databases
IJF26324
JudoInside.com194
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.[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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ European Judo News, Winter 1999.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by 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
Awards
Preceded by
European Judoka of the Year
1994
1998–1999
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Belgian Sports Personality of the Year
2000
Succeeded by
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Belgium at the Olympics – Belgian Olympic medalists in Women's judo
Gold
1996: Ulla Werbrouck (-72kg)
Silver
1996: Gella Vandecaveye (-61kg)
Bronze
1992: Heidi Rakels (-66kg)
1996: Marisabel Lomba (-56kg)
2000: Ann Simons (-48kg)
2000: Gella Vandecaveye (-63kg)
2004: Ilse Heylen (-52kg)
2012: Charline Van Snick (-48kg)
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World Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight
1980–97: –61 kg   •   1999–present: –63 kg
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European Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight
1974–97: –61 kg   •   1998–present: –63 kg
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Men
Women
Team
Talent
Paralympic
Coach
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