Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born 10 August 1981 in Rotterdam) is a male retired judoka from the Netherlands, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title at the World Championships in

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. He did so in the 73–81 kg weight division. In 2005 he became Amsterdam Sportsman of the year. He has represented the Netherlands three times at the Olympics, in

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and

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. He is a son of Surinamese judoka

Ricardo Elmont Ricardo Willy Elmont (16 September 1954 – 2 September 2013) was a Surinamese judoka, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Elmont took up judo seriously in 1970 and went on to win the national middleweight title three years r ...

and brother of Dex Elmont. Since the Summer of 2015 he has been the performance coach for Dutch association football club

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at JudoVision.org 1981 births Living people Dutch male judoka Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent European Games bronze medalists for the Netherlands European Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games Olympic judoka of the Netherlands Sportspeople from Rotterdam World judo champions AFC Ajax non-playing staff {{Netherlands-judo-bio-stub