Matthias Casse

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Matthias Casse
Personal information
Born (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)
Mortsel, Belgium
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Belgium
Sport Judo
Weight class 81 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Bronze medal.svg (2020)
World Champ. Gold medal world centered-2.svg (2021)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (2019)
Highest world ranking1st [1]
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 81 kg
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Budapest 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Tokyo 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tashkent 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Doha 81 kg
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Minsk 81 kg
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Lisbon 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Sofia 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Prague 81 kg
World Masters
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Qingdao 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Jerusalem 81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Paris 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Antalya 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Tashkent 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Abu Dhabi 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Baku 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Tokyo 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Düsseldorf 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Baku 81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Almada 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Agadir 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Zagreb 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 The Hague 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Montreal 81 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Zagreb 81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 19675
JudoInside.com 63514
Updated on 3 March 2024.

Matthias Casse (born 19 February 1997) is a Belgian judoka who won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

In 2017, Matthias Casse became junior world champion in Zagreb, [2] [3] the first Belgian male judoka to achieve this since Johan Laats in 1986. [4] That same year, he won his first judo Grand Prix medal at senior level, winning a bronze medal in the Hague. In 2019 he won the gold medal at the European Games (this also was the European judo championship) and at the Judo World Masters. After having won the Paris Grand Slam in 2020 he became the no. 1 on the world ranking in his category. In June 2021, he became the first Belgian male judo world champion at the senior level by winning the gold at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary. [5] [6]

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References

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