Daniel Outelet

Daniël Outelet was Belgium's first great international judo champion. He is the only male Belgian judoka to have won 4 individual European judo titles. With 9 European medals, over an 8-year period, the only other Belgian male judoka to have achieved even more European medals, was Robert Van De Walle a quarter century later. Outelet's premature death at age 34 deprived Belgium of one of a promising teacher and of one of the country's best judo technicians ever.