Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian

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. Van Tichelt's biggest achievement was his 2008 European title in Lisbon. At the same year, at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli and later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev. At the 2009 World Championships, he reached the semi-finals but there he lost to Kim Chol-Su. In the bronze medal match he beat Sezer Huysuz to take his first bronze medal at a world championships. At the 2013 World Championships, he again won bronze, losing to eventual champion Shohei Ono in the semi-final and beating Dastan Ykybayev in his bronze medal match. At the

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, Van Tichelt won a bronze medal against Miklós Ungvári. Van Tichelt went to university at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

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* * * * Belgian male judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic judoka for Belgium Olympic medalists in judo 1984 births Living people Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Belgium Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian people 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-judo-bio-stub