Nifontov (RUS) and Ribout (FRA) European best judoka

Ivan Nifontov (RUS) and Morgane Ribout (FRA) have won the honour to become EJU Best Judoka of the year.
Both judoka were chosen by the EJU Sports Commission because of their fantastic year based on championships all over the world, not making a... Read more

Today in the history: 30 December

Jozef Krnac (SLV) was one of the European sensations of the Athens Olympic Games. The Slovakian celebrates his birthday today and can look back to a great 2004. In the Olympic final U66 he lost to Japanese Masato Uchishiba. In his semi final he... Read more

Today in the history: 29 December

Yvonne Boenisch celebrates her birthday. Boenisch was responsible for a
surprising upset in women's judo. Boenisch of Germany beat North Korea's Kye Sun Hui in the final of the women's 57-kilogram class of the Athens Olympic Games. Boenisch fell... Read more

Today in the history: 28 December

Kaori Yamaguchi celebrates her birthday. Yamaguchi became world champion in 1984 in Vienna beating Edith Hrovat on home soil. Yamaguchi later became Japan’s National Women's Team Coach.

In Malaga, in the south of Spain, the sun always... Read more

Today in the history: 27 December

At the Russian Championships today in 1992 Khasei Bisultanov, better known as Huseyin Ozkan wins U60kg title. Bisultanov later moved to Turkey and won the Olympic title in 2000 At the Sydney Olympic Games under the name of Ozkan.
In 1999 he was... Read more

Today in the history: 26 December

Former Olympic Champion Shota Khabarelli celebrates his birthday. Khabarelli won the Olympic final of 1980 under 78 kilograms of Juan Ferrer La Hera from Cuba. After his gold medals Khabarelli won some European medals but never won a comparable... Read more

Today in the history: 25 December

Today Volodymyr Soroka (UKR) celebrates his birthday at Christmas day. The European Champion had a great season.

You would think that there aren't any judo events at Christmas day, but last year the Israelian Championships took place in Tel... Read more

Today in the history: 24 December

Frédéric Demontfaucon celebrates his birthday. The former world champion of 2001 always fights an interesting battle with Dutchman Mark Huizinga, both from 1973. Huizinga became Olympic champion in Sydney, Demontfaucon won the bronze.
Of eleven... Read more

Today in the history: 23 December

Yuko Emoto celebrates her birthday. Emoto, proclaiming that "God is on my side," took Japan's first judo gold at the Atlanta Olympic Games while a shattered Japanese men's champion choked back tears of rage over a judge's decision that left him... Read more