SAVELKOULS Tessie

Date of Birth: 11 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: NIJMEGEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : ARNHEM

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women +78 kg	17
	Mixed Team NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women +78 kg Elimination Round of 32 #8 KOR HAN MHAN Mijin 1s1 WAZ NED SAVELKOULS TSAVELKOULS Tessie 0s2	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Mixed Team Elimination Round of 16 #2 NED Netherlands 4 UZB Uzbekistan 3	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Mixed Team Quarterfinal #4 BRA Brazil 2 NED Netherlands 4	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Mixed Team Semifinal of Table B #6 FRA France 4 NED Netherlands 0	Finished
	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Mixed Team Bronze Medal A #7 GER Germany 4 NED Netherlands 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	+78 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7

World Championships

Year	Location	+78 kg	Team X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	17	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	5	9
2015	Astana, KAZ	9	-

World Open Championships

Year	Location	Open
2017	Marrakech, MAR	5

European Championships

Year	Location	+78 kg	Team
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	3	-
2017	Warsaw, POL	7	5

World Masters

Year	Location	+78 kg
2019	Qingdao, CHN	1
2017	St. Petersburg, RUS	7

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2020	+78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2019	+78 kg	-	-	-	-	2x	-	-	1x	-
2017	+78 kg	2x	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	+78 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	+78 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	+78 kg	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2017	+78 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	+78 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	+78 kg	World Cup	Tallinn, EST
1	2017	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Abu Dhabi, UAE
1	2017	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
1	2017	+78 kg	Grand Prix	The Hague, NED
2	2020	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
2	2019	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Marrakech, MAR
7	2019	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
7	2019	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Yekaterinburg, RUS
7	2018	+78 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
7	2017	+78 kg	Grand Slam	Yekaterinburg, RUS

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Teaching - HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

She began judo at age six at a club in Winssen, Netherlands. (tym.nl, 29 May 2015)

She tried a number of sports including swimming, jazz ballet and gymnastics before deciding on judo. Her mother Tessa said coaches noticed her talent and encouraged her to compete. "She was doing more and more important competitions and we were driving her to Belgium and Germany. But as long as she wanted it, that was fine with us," her mother said. (tym.nl, 29 May 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamnl.org, 28 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." (Facebook profile, 11 Apr 2015)

She was named 2014 Nijmegen Student Sports Council Top Athlete of the Year in the Netherlands. (han.nl, 10 Dec 2014)

She won the 2011 Arnhem Talent Prize in the Netherlands. (stjn.nl, 16 Jun 2016)

General Interest

General
KNEE INJURY
She said she welcomed the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as she was out for most of 2020 following a serious knee injury early in the year. "That [the postponement] was a present for me actually. It meant I still had a chance to compete in Tokyo. In July 2020 I was in the middle of my rehabilitation. It wasn't realistic at that time to be involved in Tokyo, but I think a lot of people will be surprised with what I can do now. You never know what might be possible and I just want to get the most out of the Olympic Games." (teamnl.org, 28 Dec 2020)

STUDIES
She has studied primary education at HAN University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2021; Instagram profile, 14 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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