Guillaume Elmont

Guillaume Elmont
Personal information
Full nameGuillaume Ricaldo Elmont
Born (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981
Rotterdam
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍81 kg, ‍–‍90 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2008)
World Champ. (2005)
European Champ. (2008)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
2005 Cairo ‍–‍81 kg
2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍81 kg
European Games
2015 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
European Championships
2008 Lisbon ‍–‍81 kg
2006 Tampere ‍–‍81 kg
2007 Belgrade ‍–‍81 kg
2010 Vienna ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2014 Baku ‍–‍90 kg
2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍81 kg
2011 Paris ‍–‍81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2010 Rotterdam ‍–‍81 kg
2009 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍81 kg
2011 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍81 kg
2013 Samsun ‍–‍90 kg
2010 Tunis ‍–‍81 kg
2015 Zagreb ‍–‍90 kg
European Junior Championships
2000 Nicosia ‍–‍73 kg
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

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.
  3. ^ Szogedi, Szandra (20 March 2025). "Guillaume Elmont as new director". European Judo Union. Retrieved 22 April 2025.