Jorre Verstraeten (born 4 December 1997) is a Belgian

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. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the

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in 2020 and 2022. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the

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held in Minsk, Belarus.

Career

Verstraeten won one of the bronze medals in the boys' 55kg event at the

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held in Nanjing, China. In his bronze medal match he defeated Gavin Mogopa of Botswana. He also competed in the mixed team event. In 2017, he competed in the men's 60kg event at the

held in Warsaw, Poland. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix Cancún held in Cancún, Mexico. In 2018, Verstraeten was eliminated by

Eric Takabatake Eric Takabatake (born 9 January 1991) is a Brazilian judoka. He is a two-time gold medalist in the men's 60 kg event at the Pan American Judo Championships. He competed in the men's 60 kg event at the 2014 World Judo Championships held in Chely ...

of Brazil in his second match in the men's 60 kg event at the

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held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the

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held in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2021, Verstraeten competed in the men's 60kg event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey. Verstraeten represented Belgium at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 60kg event where he was eliminated in his second match by

Naohisa Takato is a Japanese judoka. Takato is currently the top ranked judoka in the world in the extra-lightweight division. He became one of judo's most prominent fighters by winning the 2013 World Championships. In the same year, he also won the Master ...

of Japan. He won the gold medal in his event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60kg event at the

2023 World Judo Championships The 2023 World Judo Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar, from 7 to 14 May 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification, 2024 Summer Olympics qualifi ...

held in Doha, Qatar.

Career achievements

Major results

;2019 :

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–60 kg,

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

;2020 :

–60 kg,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

;2021 :

2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya was held at the Antalya Arena in Antalya, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

–60 kg ;2022 :

–60 kg,

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Verstraeten, Jorre Living people 1997 births Place of birth missing (living people) Belgian male judoka Olympic judoka for Belgium Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Belgium Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belgian people