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Gella Vandecaveye

Belgian judoka

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Born
5 June 1973, Kortrijk
Citizenship
Belgium
Sport
judo
Occupation
rally driver, judoka
Height
170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

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

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".

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1996 Summer Olympics1996
2000 Summer Olympics2000
2004 Summer Olympics2004

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q627911 (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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