Linda Bolder (Hebrew: לינדה בולדר, born 3 July 1988 in Velserbroek, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born Israeli Olympic judoka.[1]

A three-time European age-group judo champion as a junior, two-time Dutch senior women's champion, and silver medalist in the 2013 European Championships,[2] she emigrated to Israel with her Jewish husband in January 2015. Bolder represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's under-70kg competition, making it to the quarter-finals.

Judo career

Bolder started taking judo classes at the age of four.[3]

For the Netherlands (2004–14)

In 2004, Bolder won both the Under-17 Dutch Championship and the Under-20 Dutch Championship in the ‍–‍63 kg weight class. [4] She repeated as Under-20 Dutch Champion in 2006 and 2007, but in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class.[4] In 2009 and 2012 she won the senior Dutch Championship in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class.[4]

Bolder won the 2004 European Cadet Championships, the 2007 European Junior Championships and the 2008 European U23 Championships.[4]

In 2005 Bolder won the Kent International Crystal Palace in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class, in 2010 she won the IJF World Cup Cairo and the 2010 Qingdao Grand Prix in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class,[5] and in 2012 she won the World Cup Rome and the 2012 Tokyo Grand Slam[6] in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class and the Swiss Judo Open Geneve in the ‍–‍78 kg weight class.[4]

Bolder won the silver medal in the 2013 European Championships, representing the Netherlands.[2][4]

Bolder won the 2014 Paris Grand Slam in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class.[7][4] In February Bolder was injured at the 2014 Düsseldorf Grand Prix in Germany, and had knee ligament reconstruction surgery that kept her from competing for the remainder of the year.[8][9][10]

For Israel (2015–present)

On 1 January 2015 Bolder made aliyah by moving to Israel with her Dutch Jewish husband, a businessman, and started to represent the Israeli National Team that year.[11][4][12][13][14] She trained with the Israeli team at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel.[9] Her coaches were Ben Rietdijk and Shany Hershko [he].[12]

Bolder won the 2015 Samsun Grand Prix[15] and the 2015 Zagreb Grand Prix,[16] and in the following January Bolder won the 2016 Havana Grand Prix, in the ‍–‍70 kg weight class.[17][4]

Olympics

Bolder represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as the 9th seed in the women's under-70kg competition.[18][19] She won her first round match against Congolese-born Brazilian Yolande Mabika on 10 August, with a choke hold just over a minute into the bout, and won her second-round match against Korean Kim Seong-yeon.[20][21][19] In the quarter-finals, she was defeated by Sally Conway of the United Kingdom.[22] She competed for a chance at the bronze medal in the repechage match, but lost to Spain's María Bernabéu.[22]

Medals

Sources:[23][24]

Year Tournament Place Rep. Ref.
2010 Grand Prix Rotterdam 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  NED [25]
Grand Prix Qingdao 1st place, gold medalist(s) [5]
2011 Grand Prix Baku 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [26]
Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [27]
2012 Grand Slam Tokyo 1st place, gold medalist(s) [6]
2013 European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [2]
World Masters 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [28]
Grand Slam Moscow 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [29]
2014 Grand Slam Paris 1st place, gold medalist(s) [7]
2015 Grand Prix Tbilisi 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  ISR [30]
Grand Prix Samsun 1st place, gold medalist(s) [15]
Grand Prix Zagreb 1st place, gold medalist(s) [16]
Grand Slam Tyumen 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [31]
Grand Slam Tokyo 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [32]
2016 Grand Prix Havana 1st place, gold medalist(s) [17]

References

  1. ^ "Linda Bolder, Judoka". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "2013 European Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Linda Bolder".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Linda Bolder, Judoka, JudoInside".
  5. ^ a b "2010 Grand Prix Qingdao". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2012 Grand Slam Tokyo". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2014 Grand Slam Paris". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ "JudoInside - Injury Linda Bolder won't jeopardise Olympic participation".
  9. ^ a b "JudoInside - Meet Israel's New Judo Champion: Linda Bolder".
  10. ^ "JudoInside - Linda Bolder completely back at world level with Israelian gold in Samsun".
  11. ^ "Linda Bolder Announces a Change of Nationality". 100judo.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b "JudoInside - Linda Bolder announces switch to Israel to reach Olympic goal".
  13. ^ "Israeli judo gets new champion".
  14. ^ "Israeli Olympic profiles: Linda Bolder".
  15. ^ a b "2015 Grand Prix Samsun". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  16. ^ a b "2015 Grand Prix Zagreb". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  17. ^ a b "2016 Grand Prix Havana". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  18. ^ "The Latest: Russian woman wins gold in foil fencing at Rio". The Washington Post. 9 August 2016. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  19. ^ a b "Refugee athlete Popole Misenga's Round of 32 win among top moments of Judo Day 5 prelims". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  20. ^ "Olympic Preview: Sink-or-swim time for Toumarkin & Co".
  21. ^ "Bolder misses out on Israel's second bronze medal". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  22. ^ a b "Israeli judoka Linda Bolder knocked out of Rio". Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  23. ^ "Linda Bolder — Tournament results (NED)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Linda Bolder — Tournament results (ISR)". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  25. ^ "2010 Grand Prix Rotterdam". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  26. ^ "2011 Grand Prix Baku". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  27. ^ "2011 Grand Prix Abu Dhabi". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  28. ^ "2013 World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  29. ^ "2013 Grand Slam Moscow". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  30. ^ "2015 Grand Prix Tbilisi". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  31. ^ "2015 Grand Slam Tyumen". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  32. ^ "2015 Grand Slam Tokyo". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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