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Tessie Savelkouls
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1992-03-11) 11 March 1992 (age 32)
Appeltern
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Retired8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ.5th (2017)
European Champ.Bronze (2018)
Profile at external databases
IJF9283
JudoInside.com42315
Updated on 21 May 2023.

Tessie Savelkouls (born 11 March 1992) is a Dutch retired[1] judoka.[2] She was born in Appeltern in the Netherlands.[3] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's +78 kg.[4] She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5]

She is openly lesbian.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Committed Olympian Tessie Savelkouls Retires". JudoInside.com. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tessie Savelkouls". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018.
  3. ^ Guus Daamen (15 March 2019). "Rentree in Marokko smaakt naar meer voor Tessie Savelkouls". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
  4. ^ "Tessie Savelkouls". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ^ Buzinski, Jim (30 August 2016). "Determining if an LGBT athlete is 'publicly out'". Outsports. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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