Gella Vandecaveye

Who is Gella Vandecaveye?

Gella Vandecaveye is a judoka from Belgium.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category. She became World Champion in 1993 and 2001 and was European champion seven times in the 1994-2001 period.

Gella Vandecaveye was named "1999 European Judoka of the Year".