Elco van der Geest
- Netherlands (1994–2009)
- Belgium (2009–2012)
Men's judo | ||
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Representing Belgium | ||
European Championships | ||
2010 Vienna | –100 kg | |
IJF Grand Slam | ||
2010 Paris | –100 kg | |
2010 Rio de Janeiro | –100 kg | |
2011 Rio de Janeiro | –100 kg | |
IJF Grand Prix | ||
2010 Düsseldorf | –100 kg | |
Representing Netherlands | ||
European Championships | ||
2002 Maribor | –100 kg | |
2003 Düsseldorf | –100 kg | |
2001 Paris | –100 kg | |
IJF Grand Slam | ||
2009 Rio de Janeiro | –100 kg | |
IJF Grand Prix | ||
2009 Tunis | –100 kg | |
World Juniors Championships | ||
1998 Cali | –90 kg |
Elco van der Geest (born 4 May 1979 in Haarlem, North Holland) is a Dutch-born Belgian judoka. Throughout his career, Elco had competed for the Netherlands. In August 2009, Elco accepted the request to join the Belgian team. He achieved Belgian citizenship right before the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.
van der Geest is the son of coach Cor van der Geest (nl) and a younger brother of Dennis who is also a judoka competing on the highest level.
According to International Judo Federation's World Ranking List, as of June 2010, van der Geest is rank at the number-two spot under Takamasa Anai of Japan.
van der Geest has twice competed at the Olympics, once for the Netherlands in 2004 losing to Ihar Makarau in the semi-finals, and then to Ariel Ze'evi in the bronze medal match, and then in 2012 where he lost to eventual gold medalist Tagir Khaibulaev in the first round.[1][2]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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2010 | European Judo Championships | 1st | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2007 | European Judo Championships | 5th | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2005 | European Judo Championships | 5th | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2004 | Olympic Games | 5th | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2003 | European Judo Championships | 2nd | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2002 | European Judo Championships | 1st | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
2001 | European Judo Championships | 3rd | Half heavyweight (100 kg) |
References
External links
- Elco van der Geest at the International Judo Federation
- Elco van der Geest at the International Judo Federation
- Elco van der Geest at JudoInside.com
- Elco van der Geest at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Elco van der Geest at Olympics.com
- Elco van der Geest at The-Sports.org
- Dutch Olympic Committee
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- 1997: Ben Sonnemans
- 1998: Daniel Gürschner
- 1999: Stéphane Traineau
- 2000: Yury Styopkin
- 2001: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2002: Elco van der Geest
- 2003: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2004: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2005: Christophe Humbert
- 2006: Ruslan Gasimov
- 2007: Henk Grol
- 2008: Henk Grol
- 2009: Tagir Khaybulaev
- 2010: Elco van der Geest
- 2011: Amel Mekić
- 2012: Ariel Ze'evi
- 2013: Lukáš Krpálek
- 2014: Lukáš Krpálek
- 2015: Henk Grol
- 2016: Henk Grol
- 2017: Elkhan Mammadov
- 2018: Toma Nikiforov
- 2019: Arman Adamian
- 2020: Peter Paltchik
- 2021: Toma Nikiforov
- 2022: Michael Korrel
- 2023: Zelym Kotsoiev
- 2024: Matvey Kanikovskiy
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