Career
Throughout his career, Elco had competed for the Netherlands. In August 2009, Elco accepted the request to join the Belgian team He is the son of coach Cor van der Geest and a younger brother of Dennis who is also a judoka competing on the highest level
According to International Judo Federation"s World Ranking List, as of June 2010, Elco van der Geest is rank at the number-two spot under Takamasa Anai of Japan.
He has twice competed at the Olympics, once for the Netherlands in 2004 losing to Ihar Makarau in the semi-finals, and then to Ariel Zeevi in the bronze medal match, and then in 2012 where he lost to eventual gold medalist Tagir Khaibulaev in the first round.
