3 April 2023

Grand Slam Antalya: Gold for Casse, Bronze for Vertsraeten, 7th place for Foubert

ANTALYA - From March 31 to April 2, a Grand Slam of the World Judo Tour took place in Antalya, Turkey. Gold and bronze for Team Belgium that participated with eight judokas. Hereafter, you will find the track record of our judokas at the GS.

Lois Petit (-48kg/Topsport Defence)

Round 1: Defeat vs. Zongying Guo (CHN)

Amber Ryheul (-52kg/Kon. Ieperse JC Neko)

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Fabiola Diaz (VEN)
Round 3: Defeat vs. Aleksandra Kaleta (POL)

Charline Van Snick (-52kg/JC Bushido Saive)

Round 1: Victory vs. Ilayda Merve Kocyigit (TUR)
Round 2: Victory vs. Roza Gyertyas (HUN)
Round 3: Defeat vs. Maria Siderot (POR)

Mina Libeer (-57kg/JS Merelbeke)

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Shukurjon Aminova (UZB)

Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/JC Inter Gembloux-Wavre) – BRONZE

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Alperen Ergun (TUR)
Round 3: Victory vs. Bakhrom Boturov (UZB)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Dilshot Khalmatov (UKR)
Repechage: Victory vs. Nazir Talibov (AZE)
Bronze: Victory vs. Dilshodek Baratov (UZB)

Matthias Casse (-81kg/JC Fudji Yama Boom/Schelle) – GOLD

Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Anri Egutidze (POR)
Round 3: Victory vs. Nurbek Murtozoev (UZB)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. José-Maria Mendiola Izquieta (ESP)
Semi-Final: Victory vs. Alpha Oumar Djalo (FAR)
Final: Victory vs. Saeid Mollaei (AZE)

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Karel Foubert (-90kg/JC Olympia Brugge) – 7th Place

Round 1: Victory vs. Jakub Pankowski (POL)
Round 2: Victory vs. Omer Aydin (TUR)
Round 3: Victory vs. Nika Kharazishvili (GEO)
Quarter-Finals: Defeat vs. Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Peter Zilka (SVK)

Sami Chouchi (-90kg/ JC La Chênaie)

Round 1: Defeat vs. Avtandili Tchrikishvili