Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

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. His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year, at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist

Elnur Mammadli Elnur Mammadli ( az, Elnur Məmmədli, born 29 June 1988, Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani judoka. He won the gold medal during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 73 kg division. In the final he beat the favorite Wang Ki-Chun. Wang h ...

and later losing in the bronze medal match to

Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev ( tg, Расул Боқиев); born 29 September 1982) is a Tajikistani judoka who competes in the -73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the Judo World Championships and a bro ...

. At the 2009 World Championships, he reached the semi-finals but there he lost to Kim Chol-Su. In the bronze medal match he beat Sezer Huysuz to take his first bronze medal at a world championships. At the 2013 World Championships, he again won bronze, losing to eventual champion

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in the semi-final and beating Dastan Ykybayev in his bronze medal match. In the

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, Van Tichelt won the bronze medal against Miklos Ungvari. Van Tichelt went to university at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).vub-zet-haar-olympiers-in-de-bloemetjes-tijdens-de-rio-cocktail
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Tichelt, Dirk Belgian male judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic judoka of Belgium Olympic medalists in judo 1984 births Living people Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian people 21st-century Belgian people