Dirk Van Tichelt
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Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 judoka.

His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year at the Beijing Olympics he became fifht after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli
Elnur Mammadli
Elnur Chingiz oglu Mammadli is an Azerbaijani judoka.He won the gold medal during the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the -73 kg division. In the final he beat the favorite Wang Ki-Chun from Korea in 13 seconds by ippon.-Achievements:-References:...

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And later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev
Rasul Boqiev
Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev (born 29 September 1982) is an Tajikistani judoka.He is considered one of the top athletes in Tajikistan and the world in judo under 73 kg...

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In the 2009 world championships he reached the semi-finals. But there he lost to Kim, in the bronze medal match he beat Huysuz Sezer to take his first bronze medal at a world championships.

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2008 European Championships
2008 European Judo Championships
The 2008 European Judo Championships were the nineteenth edition of the European Judo Championships, held in the Pavilhão Atlântico, in Lisbon, Portugal, from April 11 to April 13, 2008.- Men :- Women :- Medal table :- −60 kg :- −66 kg :...

1st Lightweight (-73 kg)
2008 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium....

5th Lightweight (-73 kg)
2009 World Judo Championships
2009 World Judo Championships
The 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy' indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated....

3rd Lightweight (73  kg)
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