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Gella Vandecaveye
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 June 1973 |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –61 kg, –63 kg |
| Rank | 7th dan black belt[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1996) |
| World Champ. | 
(1993, 2001) |
| European Champ. | 
(1994, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 26324 |
| JudoInside.com | 194 |
| Updated on 1 June 2023 | |
Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk,[2] Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.[3]
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".[4]
- ^ "Druk bijgewoonde Raad van Hogere Graden - Judo Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Olympic blow for Belgium" (in German). 16 August 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
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