Sanne van Dijke
Dutch judoka (born 1995)
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Sanne van Dijke (born 21 July 1995) is a Dutch judoka.[1] She is the 2017 and 2021 European gold medalist in the 70 kg division. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She is also a two-time bronze medalist in the women's 70 kg event at the World Judo Championships (2021 and 2022).
Netherlands
In 2020, Van Dijke won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[3] She also won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[4]
Van Dijke won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[5] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6]
On 12 November 2022, Van Dijke won a silver medal at the 2022 European Mixed Team Judo Championships as part of team Netherlands.[7][8]
Van Dijke lost her bronze medal match in the women's 70 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
She is openly lesbian[9] and she is in a relationship with Natalie Powell from 2018.[10]
