Dirk Van Tichelt

Dirk Van Tichelt

Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing Belgium
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	73 kg
World Championships
	2009 Rotterdam	73 kg
	2013 Rio de Janeiro	–73 kg
European Championships
	2008 Lisbon	73 kg

Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian judoka.

His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year, at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli and later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev. At the 2009 World Championships, he reached the semi-finals but there he lost to Kim Chol-Su. In the bronze medal match he beat Sezer Huysuz to take his first bronze medal at a world championships. At the 2013 World Championships, he again won bronze, losing to eventual champion Shohei Ono in the semi-final and beating Dastan Ykybayev in his bronze medal match.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Tichelt won the bronze medal against Miklos Ungvari.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2008	European Championships	1st	Lightweight (−73 kg)
2008	Summer Olympics	5th	Lightweight (−73 kg)
2009	World Judo Championships	3rd	Lightweight (73  kg)
2016	Summer Olympics	3rd	Lightweight (73  kg)

References

• Dirk Van Tichelt at JudoInside.com