Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and large ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

) is a judoka from

who competed at four

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. At the

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she won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the

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in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category. She became

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and 2001 and was European champion seven times in the 1994–2001 period. Gella Vandecaveye was named "1999 European Judoka of the Year".European Judo News, Winter 1999.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vandecaveye, Gella 1973 births Living people Belgian female judoka Olympic judoka for Belgium Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in judo Sportspeople from Kortrijk Flemish sportspeople Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games