Elisabeth Willeboordse

Elisabeth Willeboordse (born 14 September 1978 in Middelburg, Zeeland[1]) is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's ‍–‍63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships. A year later, when Tampere, Finland hosted the event, she was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual gold medallist Sarah Clark from Great Britain, and had to be satisfied with the bronze medal in her weight division. In 2010, she regained her European title, defeating Edwige Gwend in the final.

Elisabeth Willeboordse
Personal information
Born (1978-09-14) 14 September 1978
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Silver (2009)
European Champ.Gold (2005, 2010)
Olympic GamesBronze (2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍63 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vienna ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Tampere ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hamburg ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tunis ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2011 Amsterdam ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Düsseldorf ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF263
JudoInside.com137
Updated on 30 May 2023.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Willeboordse won a bronze medal, beating Driulis González in her medal match.[2] She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Willeboordse has won silver and bronze medals at world championship level. She won silver in 2009, losing to Yoshie Ueno in the final. In 2007, she won a bronze medal.

References
  1. Judo inside
  2. "Beijing 2008 - Judo - Women's -63 kg". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 21 October 2014.


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