Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born 10 August 1981 in Rotterdam) is a male retired judoka from the Netherlands, whose biggest success was winning the world title at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt. He did so in the ‍–‍81 kg weight division. In 2005 he became Amsterdam Sportsman of the year.

Elmont represented the Netherlands three times at the Olympics, in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He is a son of Surinamese judoka Ricardo Elmont and brother of Dex Elmont.[1]

Since the Summer of 2015 Elmont has been the performance coach for Dutch association football club Ajax Amsterdam.[2]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2008 European Championships 2nd Half middleweight (81 kg)
2007 World Judo Championships 3rd Half middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rd Half middleweight (81 kg)
2006 European Judo Championships 3rd Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005 World Judo Championships 1st Half middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 5th Half middleweight (81 kg)
2002 European Judo Championships 7th Half middleweight (81 kg)

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guillaume Elmont". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ VR, Sam. "Performance coach: 'Ze waren niets gewend'". Ajaxshowtime.nl. Ajax Showtime. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Awards
Preceded by Amsterdam Sportsman of the Year
2005
Succeeded by


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