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Guillaume Elmont

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Guillaume Elmont
Personal information
Full nameGuillaume Ricaldo Elmont
Born (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class81 kg, 90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2008)
World Champ.Gold medal – World (2005)
European Champ.Silver (2008)
Profile at external databases
IJF279
JudoInside.com28
Updated on 17 November 2022

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] Starting May 2025, Elmont is the director of Elite Sports at the Dutch judo association JBN (Judo Bond Nederland), where he is responsible for the jiujitsu and judo strategies.[3]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2008European Championships 2ndHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2007World Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2006European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2005World Judo Championships 1stHalf middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2002European Judo Championships 7thHalf 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.
  3. Szogedi, Szandra (20 March 2025). "Guillaume Elmont as new director". European Judo Union. Retrieved 22 April 2025.