Robert Van de Walle is a retired Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics, from 1976 to 1992. Competing in the half-heavyweight category he won the gold medal in 1980 and a bronze in 1988 at the age of 34. Van de Walle won European titles in 1980, 1985 and 1986. Together with Ingrid Berghmans he was the face of Belgian judo in the late 1970s and 1980s. After retiring from competitions he ran a coaching company together with his wife. He was the head of the Belgian delegation at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In summer 2021, 14 years after obtaining the rank of black belt 8th dan; Van De Walle, currently a member of Judo Club Crossing Schaerbeek, accepted his promotion to 9th dan from the International Judo Federation.
Zurab Zviadauri is a Georgian judoka who competed in the Men's 90 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal, the first for Georgia. He is a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program. He also won two silver medals on world championships and a bronze on European championship in 2002.
Kosei Inoue is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari.
Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000. In a career from 1989 to 2006 she won 165 out of 187 fights, making her one of the most successful Cuban judoka in history.
Driulis González Morales is a Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. She carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Shay-Oren Smadja is an Israeli judo coach and former competitive judoka. Smadja won an Olympic bronze medal in 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli male to win an Olympic medal, and the second Israeli overall after Yael Arad who won silver in judo the day before.
David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet is a French politician and retired judoka.
Dennis van der Geest is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight (+100 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, North Holland.
Maria Pekli is an Australian judoka of Hungarian descent. She was Australian Champion in the –57 kg division for seven consecutive years, between 1997 and 2003.
Elco van der Geest 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.
David Rostomovich Khakhaleishvili was a heavyweight Georgian judoka, mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Kutaisi.
Jennifer ("Jenny") Eva Caroline Gal is a retired judoka who competed for The Netherlands at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Shinobu Sekine was a Japanese middleweight judoka. He won a gold medal at his only Olympics in 1972.
Kenzo Nakamura is a retired judoka who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the younger brother of 1993 World Judo Championships gold medalist Yoshio Nakamura and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Yukimasa Nakamura.
Dirk Van Tichelt is a Belgian judoka.
Monique van der Lee is a former Dutch judoka who was a four-time European champion as well as openweight world champion in 1995.
Mansur Mustafaevich Isaev is a Russian judoka. He won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -73 kg class against Japanese judoka Riki Nakaya. This was Russia's second gold medal at the Games, after judoka Arsen Galstyan's victory two days earlier in Men's 60 kg.
Arthur Margelidon is a Canadian judoka who competes in the men's 73 kg category.
These are the results of the Men's +95 kg competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was more than 95 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.
Aaron Phillip Wolf is a Japanese judoka who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the son of a Japanese mother, Mikako, and an American father, James, who teaches English at a Japanese university.
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