Judo Belgium sent a delegation of 7 judokas to the Grand Slam of Tel Aviv, Israel. Three of our judokas finished on the podium. Following is a brief overview of their bouts.
Ellen Salens (-48kg/JS Merelbeke)
Round 1: Loss vs. Maria Celia Laborde (USA)
Charline Van Snick (-52kg/JC Bushido)
Round 1: Victory vs. Kelly Deguchi (CAN)
Round 2: Loss vs. Odette Giuffrida (ITA)
Amber Ryheul (-52kg/ Kon. Ieperse JC Neko/JV) – 7th place
Round 1: Victory vs. Maria Siderot (POR)
Round 2: Victory vs. Astride Gneto (FRA)
Quarter-Final: Loss vs. Ana Perez Box (ESP)
Repechage: Loss vs. Fabienne Kocher (SUI)
Mina Libeer (-57kg/JS Merelbeke) – BRONZE
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Jasmin Martin (RSA)
Round 3: Victory vs. Jaione Equisoain (ESP)
Quarter-Final: Loss vs. Rafaela Silva (BRA)
Repechage: Victory vs. Ozlem Yildiz (TUR)
Bronze Match: Victory vs. Daria Bilodid (UKR)
Gabriella Willems (-70kg/JC Andrimont) – BRONZE
Round 1: Victory vs. Gaya Bar Or (ISR)
Round 2: Victory vs. Katie-Jean Yeats-Brown (GBR)
Quarter-Final: Loss vs. Aoieffe Coughlan (AUS)
Repechage: Victory vs. Maya Goshen (ISR)
Bronze Match: Victory vs. Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE)
Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/JC Inter Gembloux-Wavre) – BRONZE
Round1: Victory vs. Petros Christodoulides (CYP)
Round 2: Victory vs. Ariel Shulman (ISR)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. Salih Yildiz (TUR)
Semi-Final: Loss vs. Francisco Garrigos (ESP)
Bronze match: Victory vs. Joshua Katz (AUS)
Sami Chouchi (-90kg/JC La Chênaie)
Round 1: Victory vs. Mihael Zgank (TUR)
Round 2: Victory vs. Nadav Zurat (ISR)
Round 3: Loss vs. Christian Parlatti (ITA)
