Catherine Jacques

Catherine Jacques
Catherine Jacques at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan
Personal information
Born (1979-09-28) 28 September 1979
Merksem, Belgium
OccupationJudoka
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryBelgium
SportJudo
Weight class70 kg, 78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2004)
World Champ. (2005)
European Champ. (2003, 2005, 2006,
2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
2005 Cairo70 kg
European Championships
2003 Düsseldorf70 kg
2005 Rotterdam70 kg
2006 Tampere70 kg
2009 Tbilisi70 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2010 Tokyo78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2009 Hamburg70 kg
2010 Rotterdam78 kg
World Juniors Championships
1998 Cali70 kg
1996 Porto72 kg
European Junior Championships
1998 Bucharest70 kg
1997 Ljubljana66 kg
Summer Universiade
2001 Beijing70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF323
JudoInside.com171
Updated on 16 November 2022

Catherine Jacques (born 28 September 1979, in Merksem) is a Belgian judoka who competed in the middleweight category (70 kg). She is a multiple-time national champion, and a four-time bronze medalist for her category at the European Judo Championships. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Jacques missed out of the Olympic podium in the women's 70 kg category, after she was defeated by Germany's Annett Böhm, who scored an ippon within thirty-eight seconds, in the bronze medal match. She was able to fight back against her opponent for a rematch to capture the bronze medal, this time at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jacques qualified again for the 70 kg category. She was eliminated in the second preliminary round, losing out to Italy's Ylenia Scapin, who scored a single yuko point in the match.