Dibora Monick Olga "Deborah" Gravenstijn (born 20 August 1974 in Tholen, Zeeland) is a Dutch judoka and Captain in the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

[3] In the following years she was unable to retain the title, but still managed to win a bronze (in Haarlem, 1988) and a silver medal (in Heerlen, 1989).

[3] 1993 was Gravenstijn's first year as a senior and in no-time she had adjusted to the national level by becoming third at the Dutch All Categories Championships and by winning the Rotterdam Open both in January.

In her Olympic debut she reached the bronze medal contest, but did not manage to win the bout and ended up on the fifth position.

[3] At the World Military Championships in Ostia she had to be satisfied with a bronze medal, while she finished the year with a second position in the Fukuoka Tournament in Japan.

[3] In the first three rounds she was too strong for Cinzia Cavazzuti, Ellen Wilson and Danielle Zangrando, which earned her a spot in the semi-final.

Yvonne Bönisch won the semi-final and eventually went on to win the gold medal against Kye Sun-Hui in the final.

[4] One month before she eventually made her comeback in March 2007 her mother Carmen died, her second loss in her direct family since she won her Olympic medal.

Also due to these happenings her coach Jan de Rooij was no longer able to give her the aggression she needed to compete.

[5] Thanks to one of her main rivals in former years Isabel Fernández who eliminated Inga Kolodziej just four seconds before the end of the game Gravenstijn qualified for the Olympics.

[4] Due to Fernandez's win Gravenstijn remained on top op Kolodziej for the Olympic rankings.

The ball which weights 5 kilograms landed with a high speed at her head, giving her recently recovered neck another big smack.

[1] In the quarter-finals she faced Fernandez and in a tactical game with just one koka Gravenstijn advanced to the semi-finals in which she won against local hero Xu Yan.