Dirk Van Tichelt

Dirk Van Tichelt (born 10 June 1984) is a Belgian judoka.

His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon. In the same year, at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold-medallist Elnur Mammadli and later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev. At the 2009 World Championships, he reached the semi-finals but there he lost to Kim Chol-Su.In the bronze medal match he beat Sezer Huysuz to take his first bronze medal at a world championships.At the 2013 World Championships, he again won bronze, losing to eventual champion Shohei Ono in the semi-final and beating Dastan Ykybayev in his bronze medal match.

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Tichelt won the bronze medal against Miklos Ungvari.