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Ilse Heylen

Personal information
Born	(1977-03-21) 21 March 1977 (age 47)
Occupation	Judoka
Website	www.ilseheylen.be
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2004)
World Champ.	9th (2007)
European Champ.	(2005)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2004 Athens ‍–‍52 kg European Championships 2005 Rotterdam ‍–‍52 kg 2004 Bucharest ‍–‍52 kg 2006 Tampere ‍–‍52 kg 2007 Belgrade ‍–‍52 kg 2009 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg 2010 Vienna ‍–‍52 kg World Masters 2012 Almaty ‍–‍52 kg IJF Grand Slam 2012 Moscow ‍–‍52 kg 2009 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍52 kg 2010 Paris ‍–‍52 kg 2012 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍52 kg IJF Grand Prix 2013 Almaty ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg 2009 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Rijeka ‍–‍52 kg 2015 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg 2015 Samsun ‍–‍52 kg 2016 Havana ‍–‍52 kg 2010 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg 2012 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg 2012 Qingdao ‍–‍52 kg 2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg Summer Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	325
JudoInside.com	167
Updated on 31 May 2023

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

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.

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

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. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

Media related to Ilse Heylen at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Ilse Heylen at the International Judo Federation
• Ilse Heylen at JudoInside.com
• Ilse Heylen at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Ilse Heylen at Olympics.com
• Ilse Heylen at Olympedia
• Ilse Heylen at The-Sports.org

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