Ilse Heylen

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Ilse Heylen
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Personal information
Born (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977 (age 48)
Occupation Judoka
Website www.ilseheylen.be OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Sport
Country Belgium
Sport Judo
Weight class 52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Bronze medal.svg (2004)
World Champ. 9th (2007)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (2005)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens 52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Rotterdam 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Bucharest 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Tampere 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Belgrade 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Tbilisi 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Vienna 52 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Almaty 52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Moscow 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rio de Janeiro 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Paris 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Rio de Janeiro 52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Almaty 52 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Tashkent 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Abu Dhabi 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Rijeka 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Tbilisi 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Samsun 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Havana 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Düsseldorf 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Abu Dhabi 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Qingdao 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Miami 52 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Palma de Mallorca 48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 325
JudoInside.com 167
Updated on 31 May 2023

Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977, Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. [1]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first two bouts against Madagascar's Naina Ravaoarisoa and Kazakhstan's Sholpan Kaliyeva before losing to Cuba's Amarilis Savón, the eventual bronze medal winner, she advanced to the repechage however. She won all of her repechage bouts over Sanna Askelöf of Sweden and Georgina Singleton of Great Britain before winning her bronze medal bout over France's Annabelle Euranie.

Heylen also became the 2005 European Champion (in Rotterdam) and won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal at the 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 European Championships. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Heylen also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. [8] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-finals, where she was defeated by the eventual silver medalist, Yanet Bermoy. [9]

References

  1. "Olympic medalist". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.[ dead link ]
  2. "2005 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. "2004 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. "2006 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. "2007 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "2009 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. "2010 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilse Heylen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. "London 2012 - Women's -52 kg Judo". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

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