Ricardo Willy Elmont (16 September 1954 – 2 September 2013) was a Surinamese

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ka, who represented his country at the

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. Elmont took up judo seriously in 1970 and went on to win the national middleweight title three years running from 1972 to 1974, he went on to win a bronze medal in the

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and finished fourth four years later at the

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, between those two appearances he competed for

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at the

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, Canada, he entered the 80 kg event, in the first round he lost to Soviet

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, he then went on to the repechage but lost his contest against

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from Turkey so didn't advance any further. He also competed at the

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Alberga, Paramaribo. . p. 138 In 1979, Elmont left Suriname and moved to the Netherlands, where he had two sons,

Guillaume Elmont Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born 10 August 1981 in Rotterdam) is a male retired judoka from the Netherlands, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title at the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. He did so in the 73–81 kg weig ...

and

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who both went on to represent the Netherlands in judo at three Olympics each. Elmont was awarded the Suriname Sportsperson of the Year in 1974. Elmont died at age 58.

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