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.
Bjarni Friðriksson is a retired Icelandic judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's half heavyweight (95 kg) category, together with Günther Neureuther of West Germany. He remains the most successful Icelandic judoka to date. He also competed at the 1980, 1988 and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Askhat Rasulovich Zhitkeyev is a Kazakh judoka. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the –100 kg division and a bronze medal at the 2001 world judo championships in the –100 kg division. He won three bronze medals at the –100 kg category at the Asian Games.
Lucie Décosse is a female French retired judoka.
Mark Huizinga is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion.
Richard Trautmann is a German judoka. He won two Olympic bronze medals in the extra-lightweight (–60 kg) division, in 1992 and 1996.
Marko Spittka is a German judoka. He won a bronze medal in the half-lightweight (–86 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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.
Ihar Viktaravich Makarau, also commonly known by the Russian spelling Igor Viktorovich Makarov, is a Belarusian judoka. He won the gold medal in the half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the European Champion in 2010.
Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka and scholar of sports science.
Alexander Mikhaylin is a Russian judoka. He is a silver medalist in heavyweight at the 2012 Olympics in London, as well as multiple world champion.
Maarten Johannes Arens is a Dutch judoka. He has been European Champion (1995) in Birmingham in the 86 kg category, 4 times Dutch champion, and winner of the 2000 Tournoi de Paris in the 81 kg category. At the Sydney Olympics he finished in 9th place in the 81 kg category.
Anis Lounifi is a Tunisian retired judoka. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Séverine Vandenhende is a French judoka, world champion and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Jürg Röthlisberger is a Swiss judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Sasha Mehmedovic is a Canadian judoka. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's 66 kg, but was defeated in the second round.
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar is a Mongolian judoka.
Krisztián Tóth is a Hungarian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 90 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Vojislav Vujević is a Croatian judoka. He competed at the 1980 and the 1984 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.
Nicole Flagothier is a Belgian judoka. She competed in the women's lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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