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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 49)
Occupation	Judoka
Website	Official website
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–61 kg, –63 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(1993, 2001)
European Champ.	(1994, 1996, 1997, (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Olympic Games	(1996)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta –61 kg 2000 Sydney –63 kg World Championships 1993 Hamilton –61 kg 2001 Munich –63 kg 1997 Paris –61 kg 1999 Birmingham –63 kg 1995 Chiba –61 kg European Championships 1994 Gdansk –61 kg 1996 The Hague –61 kg 1997 Oostende –61 kg 1998 Oviedo –63 kg 1999 Bratislava –63 kg 2000 Wrocław –63 kg 2001 Paris –63 kg 1993 Athens –61 kg 2003 Düsseldorf –63 kg 1995 Birmingham –61 kg 2002 Maribor –63 kg European Junior Championships 1989 Athens –56 kg 1990 Ankara –61 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	26324
JudoInside.com	194
Updated on 27 October 2022.

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

External links

• Gella Vandecaveye at the International Judo Federation
• Gella Vandecaveye at JudoInside.com
• Gella Vandecaveye at Olympedia
• Gella Vandecaveye at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Judo Legends

Sporting positions
Preceded by Frauke Eickhoff Keiko Maeda	World Judo champion (2) 1993 2001	Succeeded by Jung Sung Sook Daniela Krukower
Preceded by	European Judo champion - 61/63 kg (7) 1994 1996–2001	Succeeded by Lucie Décosse
Awards
Preceded by	European Judoka of the Year 1994 1998–1999 2001	Succeeded by
Preceded by Luc Van Lierde	Belgian Sports Personality of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Jacques Rogge

На других языках

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- [en] Gella Vandecaveye

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[it] Gella Vandecaveye

Gella Vandecaveye (Kortrijk, 5 giugno 1973) è un'ex judoka belga.

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[ru] Вандекавейе, Гелла

Гелла Вандекавейе (нидерл. Gella Vandecaveye; род. 5 июня 1973 года, Кортрейк, Бельгия) — бельгийская дзюдоистка, двукратный призёр летних Олимпийских игр, двукратная чемпионка мира, семикратная чемпионка Европы, многократная чемпионка Бельгии.

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