Heidi Rakels

Personal information

Born

June 22, 1968

Medal record

Heidi Rakels (born June 22, 1968 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant) is a retired female judoka from Belgium.

Rakels claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Middleweight (– 66 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match she defeated Germany's Alexandra Schreiber. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

References

Belgium at the Olympics – Belgian Olympic medalists in Women's judo

Gold 1996: Ulla Werbrouck (-72kg) Silver 1996: Gella Vandecaveye (-61kg) Bronze 1992: Heidi Rakels (-66kg) 1996: Marisabel Lomba (-56kg) 2000: Ann Simons (-48kg) 2000: Gella Vandecaveye (-63kg) 2004: Ilse Heylen (-52kg) 2012: Charline Van Snick (-48kg)

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