Jorre Verstraeten
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| Born | 4 December 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –60 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R16 (2020, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 5th (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(2019, 2020, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorre Verstraeten (born 4 December 1997)[1] is a Belgian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020 and 2022. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Career
[edit]Verstraeten won one of the bronze medals in the boys' 55 kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[2] In his bronze medal match he defeated Gavin Mogopa of Botswana.[2] He also competed in the mixed team event.[2]
In 2017, Verstraeten competed in the men's 60 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix Cancún held in Cancún, Mexico. In 2018, Verstraeten was eliminated by Eric Takabatake of Brazil in his second match in the men's 60 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[3][4]
In 2021, Verstraeten competed in the men's 60 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[6]
Verstraeten represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He competed in the men's 60 kg event where he was eliminated in his second match by Naohisa Takato of Japan.[7]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest held in Budapest, Hungary.[8]
He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[9][10]
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 2019
European Championships –60 kg, Minsk- 2020
- European Championships –60 kg, Prague
- 2021
2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya –60 kg- 2022
- European Championships –60 kg, Sofia
References
[edit]- ^ "Jorre Verstraeten". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Browne, Ken (19 November 2020). "Giuffrida and Safarov shine on Day 1 of 2020 European Championships". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Results". 2020 European Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (8 July 2022). "Japanese Olympic and world champions secure golds at Judo Grand Slam in Budapest". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (7 May 2023). "Tsunoda completes hat-trick as Garrigos strikes gold on first day of Doha 2023". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Jorre Verstraeten grijpt nipt naast WK-brons na thriller tegen Georgiër in golden score". Sporza.be (in Dutch). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jorre Verstraeten at the European Judo Union
- Jorre Verstraeten at the International Judo Federation
- Jorre Verstraeten at JudoInside.com
- Jorre Verstraeten at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Jorre Verstraeten at Olympics.com
- Jorre Verstraeten at Olympedia
- Jorre Verstraeten at The-Sports.org
- Jorre Verstraeten on Instagram
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Belgian male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Belgium
- Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in judo
- European Games bronze medalists for Belgium
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen