Zobrazení zdroje stránky Elco van der Geest

[[File:elco_vandergeest.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elco van der Geest]]

04.05.1979

*{{NED}} 1979-2009
*{{BEL}} 2009-xxxx

==Bio==
He was born in Haarlem.

He is from judo family. His father [[Cor van der Geest|Cor]] is judo coach and older brother [[Dennis van der Geest|Dennis]] was elite judo player.

Since august 2009 he is Belgian citizen.<ref>http://www.jbn.nl/default.aspx?intObjectId=9540</ref>

==Career and Style==
Geest was nice stylish judo player with strong te-waza and ashi-waza but his career was affected by knee injuries. He suffered first tored ACL in spring 2000 and second during 2005 World Championships. Recovery of both injuries took almost a year no competiting. Because of that he did not like fighting against judokas who enjoyed leg grabbing.

In 2008 he struggled with [[Henk Grol]] for Olympic ticket and he lost. Just after that he decided ask for Belgian citizenships because he felt that against younger and talented Grol he will be always number two.

His first big tournament under Belgian flag was 2009 World Championships.

Elco van der Geest will always remembered like the man who stopped big Kosei Inoue at 2004 Olympic Games.

==Resuts==
===Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Year
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Nat.
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Age
! style="background: silver" width="120" | Category
! style="background: silver" width="50" | 1/64
! style="background: silver" | 1/32
! style="background: silver" | 1/16
! style="background: silver" | Quarter-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Semi-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Bronze Match

|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2004 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 25.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{AZE}} [[Mövlud Mirəliyev]] || '''W'''<br>{{EGY}} [[Basil El-Garbawy]] || '''W'''<br>{{JPN}} [[Kosei Inoue]] || '''L'''<br>{{BLR}} [[Igor Makarov]] || '''L'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]]
|- align="left"
| height=40, align="center"| 2008 || align="center"| - || align="center"| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2012 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 33.2 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || '''L'''<br>{{RUS}} [[Tagir Khaybulayev]] || - || - || - || -
|}

===World Championships===
{| class="wikitable" 
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Year
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Nat.
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Age
! style="background: silver" width="120" | Category
! style="background: silver" | 1/64
! style="background: silver" | 1/32
! style="background: silver" | 1/16
! style="background: silver" | Quarter-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Semi-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Repechage
! style="background: silver" | Bronze Match

|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2001 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 22.2 || Half-Heavyweigh || '''L'''<br>{{JPN}} [[Kosei Inoue]] || - || - || - || - || '''L'''<br>{{EST}} [[Martin Padar]] || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2003 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 24.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || '''L'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]] || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2005 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 26.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{SVK}} [[Zoltán Pálkovács]] || '''W'''<br>{{USA}} [[Dzhamaldin Aliyev]] || '''L'''<br>{{BLR}} [[Yury Rybak]] || - || '''L'''<br>{{IRI}} [[Abbas Fallah]] || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2007 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 28.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{GRE}} [[Dionysis Iliadis]] || '''L'''<br>{{SVK}} [[Zoltán Pálkovács]] || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2009 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 30.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{MDA}} [[Stanislav Cherneha]] || '''L'''<br>{{LAT}} [[Yevgeny Borodavko]] || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2010 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 31.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || '''W'''<br>{{PAK}} [[Husayn Shah]] || '''W'''<br>{{LTU}} [[Egidijus Žilinskas]] || '''L'''<br>{{NED}} [[Henk Grol]] || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2011 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 32.3 || Half-Heavyweigh || '''W'''<br>{{POL}} [[Przemysław Matyjaszek]] || '''W'''<br>{{TUR}} [[Feyyaz Yazıcı]] || '''W'''<br>{{LAT}} [[Yevgeny Borodavko]] || '''W'''<br>{{GEO}} [[Irakli Tsirekidze]] || '''L'''<br>{{RUS}} [[Tagir Khaybulayev]] || - || '''L'''<br>{{CZE}} [[Lukáš Krpálek]]
|}

===European Championships===
{| class="wikitable" 
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Year
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Nat.
! style="background: silver" width="50" | Age
! style="background: silver" width="120" | Category
! style="background: silver" width="50" | 1/64
! style="background: silver" | 1/32
! style="background: silver" | 1/16
! style="background: silver" | Quarter-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Semi-Finals
! style="background: silver" | Repechage
! style="background: silver" | Repechage
! style="background: silver" | Bronze Match
! style="background: silver" | Final Match

|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2001 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 22.1 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{AUT}} [[Franz Birkfellner]] || '''L'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]] || - || '''W'''<br>{{UKR}} [[Ruslan Mashurenko]] || '''W'''<br>{{SLO}} [[Damijan Petek]] || bgcolor=#cc9966|'''W'''<br>{{FIN}} [[Timo Peltola]] || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2002 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 23.1 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || '''W'''<br>{{RUS}} [[Yury Styopkin]] || '''W'''<br>{{BEL}} [[Koenraad De Visscher]] || '''W'''<br>{{GBR}} [[Sam Delahay]] || '''W'''<br>{{HUN}} [[Antal Kovács]] || - || - || - || bgcolor=gold|'''W'''<br>{{EST}} [[Martin Padar]]
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2003 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 24.1 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{BIH}} [[Amel Mekić]] || '''W'''<br>{{AUT}} [[Franz Birkfellner]] || '''W'''<br>{{GEO2}} [[Iveri Jikurauli]] || - || - || - || bgcolor=silver|'''L'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]]
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2004 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 25.1 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{ROU}} [[Gheorghe Pop]] || '''L'''<br>{{HUN}} [[Antal Kovács]] || - || '''L'''<br>{{SVK}} [[Zoltán Pálkovács]] || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2005 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 26.1 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{GEO}} [[Iveri Jikurauli]] || '''W'''<br>{{BIH}} [[Amel Mekić]] || '''L'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]] || - || - || '''L'''<br>{{RUS}} [[Ruslan Gasymov]] || -
|- align="left"
| height=40, align="center"| 2006 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2007 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| 27.9 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{AUT}} [[Franz Birkfellner]] || '''W'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]] || '''L'''<br>{{HUN}} [[Dániel Hadfi]] || - || - || '''L'''<br>{{FRA}} [[Frédéric Demontfaucon]] || -
|- align="left"
| height=40, align="center"| 2008 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| height=40, align="center"| 2009 || align="center"| {{NED}} || align="center"| - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2010 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 31.0 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || BYE || '''W'''<br>{{SVK}} [[Zoltán Pálkovács]] || '''W'''<br>{{BLR}} [[Yauhen Biadulin]] || '''W'''<br>{{ISR}} [[Ariel Zeevi]] || - || - || - || bgcolor=gold|'''W'''<br>{{NED}} [[Henk Grol]]
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2011 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 32.0 || Half-Heavyweigh || BYE || '''L'''<br>{{FRA}} [[Cyrille Maret]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="left"
| align="center"| 2012 || align="center"| {{BEL}} || align="center"| 33.0 || Half-Heavyweigh || - || '''W'''<br>{{MDA}} [[Denis Tachiy]] || '''L'''<br>{{BLR}} [[Yauhen Biadulin]] || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

===Results - Junior years (till 1998)<ref group="notes">'''A''' - attend; '''x''' - could not start already (age limit); '''-''' - no champ. that year; DNS - did not start</ref> ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!Tournament!!1997!!1998
|-
|align=left| '''EJU20'''
| A
| 5
|-
|align=left| '''WJC20'''
| -
| bgcolor=#cc9966| 3
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Links==
*[http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/36 JudoInside.com FactFiles]
*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/elco-van-der-geest-1.html Sports-Reference.com]
*[http://www.facebook.com/elcovandergeest Facebook]

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