Jorre Verstraeten Explained

Jorre Verstraeten
Birth Date:1997 12, df=yes
Height:160 cm
Country:Belgium
Weight Class:–60 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Men's 60 kg
Olympics Year2:2024
Olympics Weight2:Men's 60 kg
Worlds Rank:5
Worlds Year:2023
Worlds Weight:Men's 60 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Weight:Men's 60 kg
Regionals Year2:2020
Regionals Weight2:Men's 60 kg
Regionals Year3:2022
Regionals Weight3:Men's 60 kg
Updated:27 July 2024

Jorre Verstraeten (born 4 December 1997)[1] is a Belgian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020 and 2022. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.

Career

Verstraeten won one of the bronze medals in the boys' 55kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[2] In his bronze medal match he defeated Gavin Mogopa of Botswana.[2] He also competed in the mixed team event.[2]

In 2017, Verstraeten competed in the men's 60kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. A few months later, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the Judo Grand Prix Cancún held in Cancún, Mexico. In 2018, Verstraeten was eliminated by Eric Takabatake of Brazil in his second match in the men's 60 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[3] [4]

In 2021, Verstraeten competed in the men's 60kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] A few months later, he won the gold medal in his event at the Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[6]

Verstraeten represented Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He competed in the men's 60kg event where he was eliminated in his second match by Naohisa Takato of Japan.[7]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest held in Budapest, Hungary.[8]

He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 60kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[9] [10]

Career achievements

Major results

2019
  • European Championships –60 kg, Minsk
    2020
  • European Championships –60 kg, Prague
    2021
  • 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya –60 kg
    2022
  • European Championships –60 kg, Sofia

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Jorre Verstraeten. 19 November 2020. JudoInside.com.
    2. Web site: Judo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113171603/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_JU_V1.0.pdf. 13 November 2020. 20 November 2020. 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
    3. News: Browne. Ken. 19 November 2020. Giuffrida and Safarov shine on Day 1 of 2020 European Championships. Olympic Channel. 19 November 2020.
    4. Web site: Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173338/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/eju/european/ec_sen2020_prague/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=&sprache=english. 21 November 2020. 5 December 2020. 2020 European Judo Championships.
    5. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 12 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
    6. News: Shefferd. Neil. 1 April 2021. Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam. InsideTheGames.biz. 2 April 2021.
    7. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    8. News: Brennan . Eliott . 8 July 2022 . Japanese Olympic and world champions secure golds at Judo Grand Slam in Budapest . . 8 July 2022.
    9. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 7 May 2023 . Tsunoda completes hat-trick as Garrigos strikes gold on first day of Doha 2023 . InsideTheGames.biz . 7 May 2023.
    10. News: 7 May 2023 . Jorre Verstraeten grijpt nipt naast WK-brons na thriller tegen Georgiër in golden score . nl . Sporza.be . 7 May 2023.