Linda Bolder (

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: לינדה בולדר, born 3 July 1988 in

Velserbroek Velserbroek is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen. Velserbroek is planned town for the Velsen region and was developed from 1985 onwards. Notable residents *Linda Bolder Linda Bolder (Heb ...

, Netherlands) is a

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-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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. A three-time European age-group judo champion as a junior, two-time Dutch senior women's champion, and

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ist in the 2013 European Judo Championships, she emigrated to Israel with her Jewish husband in January 2015. Bolder represented

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in the women's under-70kg competition, making it to the quarter-finals.

Judo career

Bolder started taking judo classes at the age of four.

For the Netherlands (2004–14)

In 2004, Bolder won both the Under-17 Dutch Championship and the Under-20 Dutch Championship in the U63 weight class. She repeated as Under-20 Dutch Champion in 2006 and 2007, but in the U70 weight class. In 2009 and 2012 she won the senior Dutch Championship in the U70 weight class. In 2004, she won the Under-17 European Cadet Championship, in 2007 Bolder won the Under-20 European U20 Championship, and in 2008 she won the Under-23 European Championship. In 2005 Bolder won the Kent International Crystal Palace in the U70 weight class, in 2010 she won the IJF World Cup Cairo and the Grand Prix Qingdao in the U70 weight class, and in 2012 she won the World Cup Rome and the

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in the U70 weight class and the Swiss Judo Open Geneve in the U78 weight class. Bolder won the

in the 2013 European Judo Championships, representing the

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. In 2014, she won the

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in the U70 weight class. In February 2014 Bolder was injured in

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, Germany, and had knee ligament reconstruction surgery that kept her from competing for the remainder of the year.

For Israel (2015–present)

On 1 January 2015 Bolder made ''

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'' by moving to Israel with her Dutch Jewish husband, a businessman, and started to represent the Israeli National Team that year. She trains with the Israeli team at the

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, Israel. Her coaches are Ben Rietdijk and Shany Hershko. In 2015, she won the Samsun Grand Prix and the Zagreb Grand Prix, and in January 2016 Bolder won the Havana Grand Prix, in the U70 weight class.

Olympics

Bolder represented

, as the 9th seed in the women's under-70kg competition. She won her first round match against Congolese-born Brazilian

Yolande Mabika Yolande Bukasa Mabika (born 8 September 1987) is a Congolese-born Brazilian judoka who was selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She co ...

on 10 August, with a choke hold just over a minute into the bout, and won her second-round match against Korean Kim Seong-yeon. In the quarter-finals, she was defeated by

Sally Conway Sally Conway (born 1 February 1987) is a Scottish retired judoka who competed for Team GB in the 2012 and the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 70 kg judo event. Conway won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She competed for Scotland at women ...

of the United Kingdom. She competed for a chance at the bronze medal in the

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match, but lost to Spain's María Bernabéu.

Medals

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References

External links

Linda Bolder official page
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolder, Linda 1988 births Living people Israeli female judoka Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Israel Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Israel People from Velsen Dutch emigrants to Israel Dutch female judoka Sportspeople from North Holland