Gella Vandecaveye

Personal information
Born	(1973-06-05) 5 June 1973 (age 50)
Occupation	Judoka
Website	www.gella.be
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–61 kg, –63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(1996)
World Champ.	(1993, 2001)
European Champ.	(1994, 1996, 1997, (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta ‍–‍61 kg 2000 Sydney ‍–‍63 kg World Championships 1993 Hamilton ‍–‍61 kg 2001 Munich ‍–‍63 kg 1997 Paris ‍–‍61 kg 1999 Birmingham ‍–‍63 kg 1995 Chiba ‍–‍61 kg European Championships 1994 Gdansk ‍–‍61 kg 1996 The Hague ‍–‍61 kg 1997 Oostende ‍–‍61 kg 1998 Oviedo ‍–‍63 kg 1999 Bratislava ‍–‍63 kg 2000 Wrocław ‍–‍63 kg 2001 Paris ‍–‍63 kg 1993 Athens ‍–‍61 kg 2003 Düsseldorf ‍–‍63 kg 1995 Birmingham ‍–‍61 kg 2002 Maribor ‍–‍63 kg European Junior Championships 1989 Athens ‍–‍56 kg 1990 Ankara ‍–‍61 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	26324
JudoInside.com	194
Updated on 1 June 2023.

Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.^[1]

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".^[2]