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Elisabeth Willeboordse

1978 - Today

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Elisabeth Willeboordse (born 14 September 1978 in Middelburg, Zeeland) is a female judoka from the Netherlands, who won the title in the women's ‍–‍63 kg division at the 2005 European Championships. A year later, when Tampere, Finland hosted the event, she was defeated in the semi-finals by eventual gold medallist Sarah Clark from Great Britain, and had to be satisfied with the bronze medal in her weight division. In 2010, she regained her European title, defeating Edwige Gwend in the final. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Willeboordse won a bronze medal, beating Driulis González in her medal match. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Elisabeth Willeboordse is the 3,678th most popular athlete (up from 4,182nd in 2024), the 1,268th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,408th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elisabeth Willeboordse ranks 3,678 out of 6,025. Before her are Vita Pavlysh, Javier García, Glynis Nunn, André Lange, Tõnu Tõniste, and Mehdi Baala. After her are Eunice Kirwa, Gella Vandecaveye, Marian Oprea, Soufiane El Bakkali, Marina Shmonina, and Jari Lipponen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Elisabeth Willeboordse ranks 707. Before her are Kaoru Mori, Kamil Čontofalský, Tamera Mowry, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Satoshi Yamaguchi, and Mehdi Baala. After her are Kenan Thompson, Aarti Mann, Jacques Abardonado, Tzipi Hotovely, Esteban Tuero, and Gezahegne Abera.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Elisabeth Willeboordse ranks 1,269 out of 1,646. Before her are Halbe Zijlstra (1969), Michiel Bartman (1967), Stefano Lilipaly (1990), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990), Joram van Klaveren (1979), and Lars Boom (1985). After her are Theo Bos (1983), Boyan Slat (1994), Menno Oosting (1964), Leroy Fer (1990), Jürgen Locadia (1993), and Jan Siemerink (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Elisabeth Willeboordse ranks 49. Before her are Ronald Florijn (1961), Nico Rienks (1962), Martine Ohr (1964), Jeroen Duyster (1966), Deborah Gravenstijn (1974), and Michiel Bartman (1967). After her are Marit van Eupen (1969), Bart Veldkamp (1967), Jeroen Dubbeldam (1973), Niels van Steenis (1969), Pepijn Aardewijn (1970), and Diederik Simon (1970).

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