Gella Vandecaveye

{{Short description|Belgian judoka (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox judoka

| image = Gella vandecaveye-1513181453.jpg

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| country = Belgium

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}61 kg, {{nbnd}}63 kg

| rank =

| rank_ref = {{cite web|access-date=2024-12-14 |language=nl-NL |title=Druk bijgewoonde Raad van Hogere Graden - Judo Vlaanderen |url=https://www.judovlaanderen.be/algemeen/druk-bijgewoonde-raad-van-hogere-graden/}}

| dan = 7

| olympics_rank = 2

| olympics_year = 1996

| olympics_weight = Women's 61 kg

| worlds_rank = 1

| worlds_year = 1993

| worlds_weight =

| worlds_year2 = 2001

| worlds_weight2 = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 1994

| regionals_weight = Women's 61 kg

| regionals_year2 = 1996

| regionals_weight2 = Women's 61 kg

| regionals_year3 = 1997

| regionals_weight3 = Women's 61 kg

| regionals_year4 = 1998

| regionals_weight4 = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_year5 = 1999

| regionals_weight5 = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_year6 = 2000

| regionals_weight6 = Women's 63 kg

| regionals_year7 = 2001

| regionals_weight7 = Women's 63 kg

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{BEL}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}

{{Medal|S| 1996 Atlanta | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2000 Sydney | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 1993 Hamilton | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2001 Munich | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1997 Paris | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1999 Birmingham | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1995 Chiba | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 1994 Gdansk | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1996 The Hague | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1997 Oostende | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1998 Oviedo | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 1999 Bratislava | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2000 Wrocław | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2001 Paris | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 1993 Athens | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2003 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1995 Birmingham | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2002 Maribor | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 1989 Athens | {{nbnd}}56 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 1990 Ankara | {{nbnd}}61 kg }}

| updated = 1 June 2023

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Gella Vandecaveye (born 5 June 1973 in Kortrijk,{{cite web|access-date=2024-12-14 |date=2000-08-16 |language=de |title=Olympic blow for Belgium |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816172950/http://www.ijf.org/whatnew/latenews/Vandecaveye1.htm}} Belgium) is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gella-vandecaveye-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204031948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gella-vandecaveye-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2016 |title=Gella Vandecaveye |access-date=1 June 2018}}

At the 1996 Summer Olympics Vandecaveye 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.

Vandecaveye was named "1999 European Judoka of the Year".[http://www.twoj.org/pdf/eju/ejunews_win99.pdf European Judo News, Winter 1999.]