Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born 10 August 1981 in

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) is a male retired

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ka from the

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, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title at the

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in Cairo, Egypt. He did so in the 73–81 kg weight division. In 2005 he became

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. He has represented the Netherlands three times at the Olympics, in 2004,

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and

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. He is a son of Surinamese judoka Ricardo Elmont and brother of Dex Elmont. Since the Summer of 2015 he has been the performance coach for Dutch

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club Ajax Amsterdam.

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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