Dirk Van Tichelt

Medal record
Men's judo
World Championships
Bronze	2009 Rotterdam	73 kg
European Championships
Gold	2008 Lisbon	73 kg

Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian judoka.

His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year at the Beijing Olympics he became fifht after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli. And later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev. In the 2009 world championships he reached the semi-finals. But there he lost to Kim, in the bronze medal match he beat Huysuz Sezer to take his first bronze medal at a world championships.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2008	European Championships	1st	Lightweight (-73 kg)
2008	Summer Olympics	5th	Lightweight (-73 kg)
2009	World Judo Championships	3rd	Lightweight (73  kg)

References

• Factfile on JudoInside.com

Persondata
Name	Tichelt, Dirk Van
Alternative names
Short description	judoka
Date of birth	10 June 1984
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death