Matthias Casse (born 19 February 1997) is a Belgian
judoka
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who won the bronze medal at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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In 2017, Matthias Casse became junior world champion in
Zagreb
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, the first Belgian male judoka to achieve this since
Johan Laats in 1986. That same year, he won his first judo Grand Prix medal at senior level, winning a bronze medal in the Hague. In 2019 he won the gold medal at the
European Games
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(this also was the European judo championship) and at the Judo World Masters. After having won the Paris Grand Slam in 2020 he became the no. 1 on the world ranking in his category. In June 2021, he became the first Belgian male judo world champion at the senior level by winning the gold at the
2021 World Judo Championships
The 2021 World Judo Championships were held from 6 to 13 June 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.
Schedule
''All times are local (UTC+2).''
The event will air freely on thIJF YouTube channel
Russia doping ban
On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Dopin ...
in Budapest, Hungary.
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Belgian male judoka
1997 births
Living people
People from Mortsel
Olympic judoka for Belgium
Judoka at the 2019 European Games
European Games medalists in judo
European Games gold medalists for Belgium
World judo champions
Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in judo
Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Antwerp Province
21st-century Belgian people
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