Catherine Jacques Explained

Catherine Jacques
Birth Date:28 September 1979
Birth Place:Merksem, Belgium
Height:1.77 m
Country:Belgium
Weight Class:70 kg, 78 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2005
Worlds Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2003
Regionals Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year2:2005
Regionals Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year3:2006
Regionals Weight3:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year4:2009
Regionals Weight4:Women's 70 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2004
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Updated:16 November 2022

Catherine Jacques (born 28 September 1979, in Merksem) is a Belgian judoka who competed in the middleweight category (70 kg).[1] She is a multiple-time national champion, and a four-time bronze medalist for her category at the European Judo Championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Jacques missed out of the Olympic podium in the women's 70 kg category, after she was defeated by Germany's Annett Böhm, who scored an ippon within thirty-eight seconds, in the bronze medal match. She was able to fight back against her opponent for a rematch to capture the bronze medal, this time at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jacques qualified again for the 70 kg category. She was eliminated in the second preliminary round, losing out to Italy's Ylenia Scapin, who scored a single yuko point in the match.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Catherine Jacques . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203090805/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/catherine-jacques-1.html . 3 December 2016 . 3 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Preliminaries . . 3 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821141605/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW070406/index.html . 21 August 2012 . dead.