Linda Bolder

Linda Bolder (; born 3 July 1988 in Velserbroek, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born Israeli Olympic judoka.

A three-time European age-group judo champion as a junior, two-time Dutch senior women's champion, and silver medalist in the 2013 European Championships, she emigrated to Israel with her Jewish husband in January 2015. Bolder represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's under-70kg competition, making it to the quarter-finals.

Judo career Bolder started taking judo classes at the age of four.

For the Netherlands (2004–14) In 2004, Bolder won both the Under-17 Dutch Championship and the Under-20 Dutch Championship in the 63 kg weight class. She repeated as Under-20 Dutch Champion in 2006 and 2007, but in the 70 kg weight class. and in 2012 she won the World Cup Rome and the 2012 Tokyo Grand Slam in the 70 kg weight class and the Swiss Judo Open Geneve in the 78 kg weight class.

For Israel (2015–present) On 1 January 2015 Bolder made aliyah by moving to Israel with her Dutch Jewish husband, a businessman, and started to represent the Israeli National Team that year. She trained with the Israeli team at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. and the 2015 Zagreb Grand Prix, and in the following January Bolder won the 2016 Havana Grand Prix, in the 70 kg weight class. She won her first round match against Congolese-born Brazilian Yolande Mabika on 10 August, with a choke hold just over a minute into the bout, and won her second-round match against Korean Kim Seong-yeon. She competed for a chance at the bronze medal in the repechage match, but lost to Spain's María Bernabéu. Year Tournament Place 2010 Grand Prix Rotterdam Grand Prix Qingdao Grand Prix Abu Dhabi 2012 Grand Slam Tokyo Grand Slam Moscow 2014 Grand Slam Paris Grand Prix Samsun Grand Slam Tokyo 2016 Grand Prix Havana