Matthias Casse (born 19 February 1997) is a Belgian

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, a 2021 World Champion who won a bronze medal at the

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Judo career

In 2017, Matthias Casse became junior world champion in

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, the first Belgian male judoka to achieve this since

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in 1986. That same year, he won his first judo Grand Prix medal at senior level, winning a bronze medal in the Hague. In 2019 he won the gold medal at the

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(this also was the European judo championship) and at the Judo World Masters. After having won the Paris Grand Slam in 2020 he became the no. 1 on the world ranking in his category. In June 2021, he became the first Belgian male judo world champion at the senior level by winning the gold at the

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in Budapest, Hungary.

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* * * * * Belgian male judoka 1997 births Living people People from Mortsel Olympic judoka for Belgium Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2019 European Games Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium European Games medalists in judo European Games gold medalists for Belgium World judo champions Sportspeople from Antwerp Province 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-judo-bio-stub