Elco van der Geest

Elco van der Geest (born 4 May 1979 in Haarlem, North Holland) is a Dutch-born Belgian judoka. Throughout his career, Elco had competed for the Netherlands. In August 2009, Elco accepted the request to join the Belgian team. He achieved Belgian citizenship right before the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.

Elco van der Geest
Personal information
Born4 May 1979
Medal record
Men's Judo
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
2010 Vienna -100 kg
Representing the  Netherlands
European Championships
2002 Maribor 100 kg
2003 Düsseldorf 100 kg
2001 Paris 100 kg

He is the son of coach Cor van der Geest and a younger brother of Dennis who is also a judoka competing on the highest level.

According to International Judo Federation's World Ranking List, as of June 2010, Elco van der Geest is rank at the number-two spot under Takamasa Anai of Japan.

He has twice competed at the Olympics, once for the Netherlands in 2004 losing to Ihar Makarau in the semi-finals, and then to Ariel Zeevi in the bronze medal match, and then in 2012 where he lost to eventual gold medalist Tagir Khaibulaev in the first round.[1][2]

Achievements
YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2010European Judo Championships 1stHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2007European Judo Championships 5thHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2005European Judo Championships 5thHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2004Olympic Games 5thHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2003European Judo Championships 2ndHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2002European Judo Championships 1stHalf heavyweight (100 kg)
2001European Judo Championships 3rdHalf heavyweight (100 kg)

References
  1. "Elco van der Geest at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. "London 2012 – Judo – Men's Half-Heavyweight (−100 kg)". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 8 November 2014.


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