Ilse Heylen

Ilse Heylen
Personal information
Born (1977-03-21) 21 March 1977
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.ilseheylen.be Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportJudo
‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2004)
9th (2007)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens‍–‍52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 Rotterdam‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Bucharest‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2006 Tampere‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2007 Belgrade‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Vienna‍–‍52 kg
World Masters
Bronze medal – third place2012 Almaty‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place2012 Moscow‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2009 Rio de Janeiro‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Paris‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Rio de Janeiro‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2013 Almaty‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2013 Tashkent‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2009 Abu Dhabi‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Rijeka‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Samsun‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Havana‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Düsseldorf‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Abu Dhabi‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Qingdao‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Miami‍–‍52 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1999 Palma de Mallorca‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF325
JudoInside.com167
Updated on 31 May 2023

Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977 in Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.[1]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first two bouts against Madagascar's Naina Ravaoarisoa and Kazakhstan's Sholpan Kaliyeva before losing to Cuba's Amarilis Savón, the eventual bronze medal winner, she advanced to the repechage however. She won all of her repechage bouts over Sanna Askelöf of Sweden and Georgina Singleton of Great Britain before winning her bronze medal bout over France's Annabelle Euranie.

Heylen also became the 2005 European Champion (in Rotterdam) and won a silver medal in 2004 and a bronze medal at the 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 European Championships.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Heylen also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[8] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-finals, where she was defeated by the eventual silver medalist, Yanet Bermoy.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic medalist". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
  2. ↑ "2005 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "2004 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "2006 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "2007 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "2009 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "2010 European Judo Championships". judoinside.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilse Heylen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "London 2012 - Women's -52 kg Judo". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

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