Gella Vandecaveye

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name=Gella Vandecaveye


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birth_date=birth date and age|1973|6|5
birth_place=flagicon|BEL Kortrijk, Belgium
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Gella Vandecaveye (born June 5, 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium. 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". [ [http://www.twoj.org/pdf/eju/ejunews_win99.pdf European Judo News, Winter 1999.] ]

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* [http://www.realjudo.net/legends_Vandecaveye.htm Judo Legends]