Gella Vandecaveye

Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.[1]

Gella Vandecaveye
Personal information
Born (1973-06-05) 5 June 1973
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.gella.be
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportJudo
Weight class–61 kg, –63 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.Gold (1993, 2001)
European Champ.Gold (1994, 1996, 1997,
Gold (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Olympic GamesSilver (1996)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta ‍–‍61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney ‍–‍63 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Hamilton ‍–‍61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Munich ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Paris ‍–‍61 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Birmingham ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Chiba ‍–‍61 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Gdansk ‍–‍61 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 The Hague ‍–‍61 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Oostende ‍–‍61 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Oviedo ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Bratislava ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Wrocław ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2001 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 1993 Athens ‍–‍61 kg
Silver medal – second place 2003 Düsseldorf ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Birmingham ‍–‍61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Maribor ‍–‍63 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Athens ‍–‍56 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Ankara ‍–‍61 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF26324
JudoInside.com194
Updated on 1 June 2023.

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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