Gella Vandecaveye

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

Gella Vandecaveye
Personal information
Born (1973-06-05) 5 June 1973
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.gella.be
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportJudo
Weight class61 kg, 63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (1996)
World Champ. (1993, 2001)
European Champ. (1994, 1996, 1997,
( 1998, 1999, 2000,
( 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".

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