Alice Bellandi

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Alice Bellandi
Personal information
Born (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 26)
Brescia, [1] Italy
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Italy
Sport Judo
Weight class 70 kg, 78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Gold medal.svg (2024)
World Champ. Gold medal world centered-2.svg (2025)
European Champ. Silver medal europe.svg (2023)
Highest world ranking1st [2] [3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 78 kg
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Budapest 78 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Abu Dhabi 78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Doha 78 kg
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Montpellier 78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Sofia 78 kg
World Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Jerusalem 78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest 78 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Baku 78 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tel Aviv 78 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Abu Dhabi 78 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Tbilisi 78 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Baku 78 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Tashkent 78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Tel Aviv 70 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Almada 78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tbilisi 70 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Nassau 70 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Sofia 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Maribor 70 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Sofia 70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 18524
JudoInside.com 25518
Updated on 19 June 2025

Alice Bellandi (born 28 November 1998) is an Italian judoka. [4] [5] In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [6] In the 2024 Summer Olympics, now on the women's 78 kg category, she won the gold medal. [7] She won gold in her event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

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Career

Alice Bellandi fought in the weight class up to 70 kilograms until 2021. In 2015 she won bronze medals at the 2015 European Cadet Championships and seventh at the 2015 World Cadet Championships. In 2017 she won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships, and in 2018 she won the gold medal in the 2018 European Junior Championships and 2018 World Juniors Championship.

In 2019, Bellandi Bellandi is the silver medalist of the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv. [8] It was also eliminated in the round of 16 at the European Championships held as part of the European Games in Minsk against the French Marie-Ève Gahié.

The following year she reached the semi-finals at the European Championships in Prague and then lost to the French Margaux Pinot. In the fight for bronze she lost to the Russian Madina Taimasowa. At the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she reached the quarterfinals with two wins. After defeats against the Dutch Sanne van Dijke and the Croatian Barbara Matić, Bellandi finished in seventh place.

2022

In 2022 Bellandi moved up to the weight class up to 78 kilograms. In January she won the silver medal in her event at the Judo Grand Prix Almada held in Almada, Portugal. [9] In February she lost to the German Alina Böhm in the semi-finals at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv and ultimately took bronze. [10] Two months later she lost again to Alina Böhm in the semi-finals of the European Championships in Sofia. In the fight for bronze she defeated the second German Luise Malzahn. At the 2022 World Championships, Bellandi was eliminated in the round of 16 against the German Anna-Maria Wagner. Bellandi won the Grand Slam tournaments in Budapest and Baku in 2022. In the same year he also won the World Masters in Jerusalem.

2023

At the 2023 World Championships in Doha, she lost to Israeli Inbar Lanir in the semi-finals. With a victory over the Japanese Shori Hamada, Bellandi won a bronze medal. At the 2023 European Championships in Montpellier, Bellandi reached the final and then lost to Alina Böhm. Bellandi also won the Grand Slam tournaments in Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi in 2023.

2024: Olympic gold medal

Six months later, Bellandi also reached the final at the 2024 World Championships in Abu Dhabi. Again she met a German, this time she lost to Anna-Maria Wagner. At the Olympic Games in Paris, Bellandi defeated the Portuguese Patrícia Sampaio in the semifinals and the Israeli Inbar Lanir in the final.

2025: World title

In 2025 Bellandi won gold at the 2025 World Championship defeated the German Anna Monta Olek in the final.

Personal life

Bellandi is engaged to Brazilian-born South African judoka Jasmine Martin. [11]

Medals

Olympics

World Championships

European Championships

References

  1. Webmaster. "Bellandi Alice" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation . 2 December 2024. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. "World Ranking List, Women –78 kg". International Judo Federation . 25 November 2024. Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  4. "IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. "JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. Paris 2024 judo: Italy's Alice Bellandi dominates final to take home gold medal in women’s -78kg
  8. "Results 2019 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv -70 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. Burke, Patrick (30 January 2022). "South Korean judoka clinch three golds on final day of Portugal Grand Prix". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  11. "Jasmine Martin, chi è la fidanzata di Alice Bellandi". ilmattino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2024.