Elisabeth Willeboordse

Elisabeth Willeboordse (born 14 September 1978 in Middelburg, Zeeland^[1]) 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.

Elisabeth Willeboordse

Personal information
Born	(1978-09-14) 14 September 1978 (age 46)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2008)
World Champ.	(2009)
European Champ.	(2005, 2010)
Medal record Women's judo Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2008 Beijing ‍–‍63 kg World Championships 2009 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg European Championships 2005 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg 2010 Vienna ‍–‍63 kg 2006 Tampere ‍–‍63 kg IJF Grand Slam 2010 Paris ‍–‍63 kg 2010 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg 2011 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg 2011 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg 2012 Paris ‍–‍63 kg IJF Grand Prix 2010 Rotterdam ‍–‍63 kg 2009 Hamburg ‍–‍63 kg 2010 Tunis ‍–‍63 kg 2011 Amsterdam ‍–‍63 kg 2011 Düsseldorf ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	263
JudoInside.com	137
Updated on 30 May 2023

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Willeboordse won a bronze medal, beating Driulis González in her medal match.^[2] She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Willeboordse has won silver and bronze medals at world championship level. She won silver in 2009, losing to Yoshie Ueno in the final. In 2007, she won a bronze medal.