Jenny Gal

Jennifer ("Jenny") Eva Caroline Gal (born 2 November 1969 in Uccle, Belgium) is a retired judoka who competed for The Netherlands at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Jenny Gal
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Women's Judo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Half Middleweight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Chiba -61 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Birmingham -61 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 The Hague -61 kg
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Bratislava -63 kg

At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the women's half-middleweight division (– 61 kg).

After her marriage to Italian judoka Giorgio Vismara she represented Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is the older sister of judoka Jessica Gal (born 1971, Amsterdam),[1] who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000) for the Netherlands.[2]

References
  1. Today in the history: 18 December
  2. Olympic results Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
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