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Françoise Harteveld

Dutch judoka

Born
26 March 1977
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sport
judo
Occupation
judoka

Françoise Harteveld (born 26 March 1977 in Maassluis, South Holland) is a Dutch judoka. She began her judo career at the age of 3 at Budosport Mahorokan in Maassluis. Coos Henneveld was her mentor and taught her all her skills. Later, his son Rob Henneveld was her coach.

In 2006, she took up amateur sumo, and at her first tournament she ranked in the top 5 at the World Sumo Championships in Osaka. After her start in this other traditional Japanese sport, she won three silver medals in a row at the 2007 World Championships in Changmai, 2008 in Rakvere and 2010 in Warsaw.

Participant in Olympic Team during Qualification for Sydney 2000 & Athens 2004,

4x Sportswoman of the Year of the City Maassluis 2003 / 2008 / 2011 / 2012,

Awarded with the Bowl of the City Maassluis 1998,

Winner of the Sports Career Award of the City Maassluis 2015,

Awarded with the Golden Citizenship "Gouden Erepenning der Gemeente Maassluis".

Other medals: World University Championships 2nd (2000) 3rd (1996/1998/2000),

5th World Judo Championships (1997) 7th (1999/2001/2003),

European Team Championships 3rd (2000), and

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q16216587 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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