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 (age 51)
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,
Gold( 2001)
Profile at external databases
IJF26324
JudoInside.com194
Updated on 1 June 2023

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".[2]

Footnotes

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  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
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