Jennifer ("Jenny") Eva Caroline Gal (born 2 November 1969 in

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) is a retired

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who competed for The Netherlands at the

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and

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and Italy at the

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. At the

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she won the bronze medal in the women's half-middleweight division (61 kg). After her marriage to Italian judoka Giorgio Vismara she represented Italy at the

. She is the older sister of judoka

Jessica Gal Jessica Gal (born 6 July 1971) is a Dutch former judoka. She competed at the 1992, 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known a ...

(born 1971,

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), who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000) for the Netherlands.Olympic results

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* * * 1969 births Living people Dutch female judoka Italian female judoka Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for the Netherlands Olympic judoka for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in judo People from Uccle Martial artists from Amsterdam Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Brussels 20th-century Italian sportswomen 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub