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Robert Van de Walle

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Robert Van de Walle

Van de Walle (2nd left) at the 1980 Olympics

Personal information

Born

20 May 1954 (age 70)
Ostend, Belgium

Occupation

Judoka

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Sport

Country

Sport

–95 kg, Open

9th dan black belt^[1]

Club

Crossing Schaerbeek

Achievements and titles

Olympic Games

(1980)

World Champ.

(1979, 1981)

European Champ.

(1980, 1985, 1986)

Medal record

Men's judo

Representing Belgium
Olympic Games
	1980 Moscow	‍–‍95 kg
	1988 Seoul	‍–‍95 kg
World Championships
	1979 Paris	‍–‍95 kg
	1981 Maastricht	‍–‍95 kg
	1981 Maastricht	Open
	1983 Moscow	Open
	1983 Moscow	‍–‍95 kg
	1985 Seoul	‍–‍95 kg
	1989 Belgrade	‍–‍95 kg
European Championships
	1980 Vienna	Open
	1985 Hamar	‍–‍95 kg
	1986 Belgrade	‍–‍95 kg
	1976 Kyiv	‍–‍93 kg
	1977 Ludwigshafen	‍–‍95 kg
	1979 Brussels	‍–‍95 kg
	1983 Paris	Open
	1984 Liege	‍–‍95 kg
	1977 Ludwigshafen	Open
	1978 Helsinki	‍–‍95 kg
	1979 Brussels	Open
	1980 Vienna	‍–‍95 kg
	1981 Debrecen	‍–‍95 kg
	1983 Paris	‍–‍95 kg
	1984 Liege	Open
	1987 Paris	‍–‍95 kg
	1988 Pamplona	‍–‍95 kg
World Juniors Championships
	1974 Rio de Janeiro	‍–‍93 kg
European Cadet Championships
	1971 Naples	‍–‍85 kg

Profile at external databases

IJF

8904

JudoInside.com

4760

Updated on 18 June 2023

Robert Van de Walle (born 20 May 1954) 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 titlesin1980, 1985 and 1986.^[2] 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.^[3] He was the head of the Belgian delegation at the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4] 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.^[5]

Bibliography

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(1993) "Pick-ups" Judo Masterclass Techniques Ippon Books

References

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^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

^ Robert Van De Walle (Belgium). realjudo.net

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Van de Walle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

^ Betere resultaten door uw energiepotentieel te optimaliseren. resourcementcentre.be

^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

External links

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Media related to Robert Van de Walle at Wikimedia Commons

Robert Van de Walle at the International Judo Federation
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Robert Van de Walle at AllJudo.net (in French)
Robert Van de WalleatOlympics.com
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Robert Van de Walle at The-Sports.org
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v t e Olympic Champions in Judo – Half heavyweight men
1972–1976: –93 kg • 1980–1996: –95 kg • 2000–: –100 kg
1972: Shota Chochishvili (URS) 1976: Kazuhiro Ninomiya (JPN) 1980: Robert Van de Walle (BEL) 1984: Ha Hyung-joo (KOR) 1988: Aurélio Miguel (BRA) 1992: Antal Kovács (HUN) 1996: Paweł Nastula (POL) 2000: Kōsei Inoue (JPN) 2004: Ihar Makarau (BLR) 2008: Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar (MGL) 2012: Tagir Khaybulaev (RUS) 2016: Lukáš Krpálek (CZE) 2020: Aaron Wolf (JPN) 2024:

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Belgium at the Olympics – Post-war Belgian Olympic champions (men)

1948: Gaston Reiff (athletics)
1948: Leon De Lathouwer, Eugène Van Roosbroeck & Lode Wouters (cycling)
1952: Robert Grondelaers, André Noyelle, Lucien Victor & Rik Van Looy (cycling)
1952: André Noyelle (cycling)
1964: Gaston Roelants (athletics)
1964: Patrick Sercu (cycling)
1980: Robert Van de Walle (judo)
1984: Roger Ilegems (cycling)
1996: Fred Deburghgraeve (swimming)
2016: Greg Van Avermaet (cycling)
2020: Belgium men's national field hockey team (Hockey)

v t e Belgian Sportsman of the Year
Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne 2016 Greg Van Avermaet 2017 David Goffin 2018 Eden Hazard 2019 Remco Evenepoel 2020-2021 Wout van Aert 2022-2023 Remco Evenepoel
Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon 2016–2017 Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019 Nina Derwael 2020 Emma Meesseman 2021 Nina Derwael 2022 Nafissatou Thiam 2023 Lotte Kopecky
Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Men's under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012 Men's field hockey team 2013–2014 Men's football team 2015 Davis Cup team 2016 Men's field hockey team 2017 Davis Cup team 2018–2019 Men's field hockey team 2020 Women's basketball team 2021 Men's field hockey team 2022 Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023 Women's basketball team
Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot 2016 Louise Carton 2017 Lotte Kopecky 2018 Remco Evenepoel 2019 Yari Verschaeren 2020 Charles De Ketelaere 2021 Thibau Nys 2022 Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023 Alec Segaert
Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort 2016 Laurens Devos 2017–2018 Peter Genyn 2019–2021 Joachim Gérard 2022 Michèle George 2023 Maxime Carabin
Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017 Roger Lespagnard 2018 Roberto Martínez 2019 Shane Mcleod 2020 Philip Mestdagh 2021 Shane Mcleod 2022 Roger Lespagnard 2023 Rachid Meziane