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Linda Bolder

Linda Bolder is a Dutch-born Israeli judoka who won silver at the 2013 European Championships and competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

born 19882013 European Championships silver medalRepresenting Israel at the 2016 OlympicsTokyo and Paris Grand Slam wins

Born: 3 July 1988, Velserbroek
Occupation: judoka

Linda Bolder was born in 1988 in Velserbroek

Linda Bolder was born on 3 July 1988 in Velserbroek, Netherlands. She started judo classes at the age of 4.

Competing for the Netherlands, she won the European Cadet Championships in 2004, the European Junior Championships in 2007 and the European U23 Championships in 2008. She was Dutch senior champion in the under 70 kg class in 2009 and 2012, and won the Tokyo Grand Slam in 2012. In 2013 she took silver at the European Championships in Budapest.

In 2014 she won the Paris Grand Slam, then injured her knee at a Grand Prix in Germany and missed the rest of the year. On 1 January 2015 she moved to Israel with her Dutch Jewish husband, a businessman, and began to compete for Israel. She trained at the Wingate Institute in Netanya.

For Israel she won the Samsun and Zagreb Grand Prix events in 2015 and the Havana Grand Prix in 2016. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she reached the quarter-finals of the under 70 kg event and lost in the repechage. After the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, she announced her retirement in November 2017.