Ten European medal at IJF Grand Prix of Qingdao

The European judoka have won ten medals at the First day of IJF Grand Prix of Qingdao (CHN). France won the only gold medal of today, China and Japan won two gold medals, Korea and Mongolia the other Grand Prix titles.
Sarah Loko won the U57kg... Read more

EJU Refereeing Director Jan Snijders explains new judo rules

EJU Refereeing Director Jan Snijders presented again the new rules of our sport and explained once more that refereeing is not a big secret but transparent.

In Paris the new rules including no grips below the belt were tested. Judo in Paris was... Read more

Backnumbers presented in the EJU congress

Marketing Director and Vice President of the EJU Otto Kneitinger explained the plans of the backnumbers to all representatives at the 61st Congress of the European Judo Union in Düsseldorf.
This platform was the perfect way to promote the new... Read more

Kick-off 61st EJU Congress in Düsseldorf

At the 61st Congress of the European Judo Union in Düsseldorf more than 70 delegates of 46 Member states were present to listen and decide for new changes to develop judo. Mid February Düsseldorf is host of the Grand Prix. Düsseldorf has a... Read more

Today in the history: 28 November

At the World military championships of 1997 it’s a Dutch party in the men’s category. The Dutch win two categories. U95 Ben Sonnemans defeats Austrian Thomas Etlinger, two years before becoming European champion. At under 86 kgs Mark Huizinga... Read more

Today in the history: 27 November

At the European junior championships in 1988 Ulla Werbrouck won her weight class at under 72 kilograms. The 16-year old Belgian talent defeated Dutch Monique van der Lee. Ulla Werbrouck later became Olympic Champion at Atlanta in 1996 and won the... Read more

Today in the history: 26 November

Today in 1992 Yacine Douma won the European junior championships in Jerusalem U60kg. Ten years later he won the European senior title.
More junior medals took place today in 1989 in Athens at the European junior championships where David... Read more

Today in the history: 25 November

Many national championships are held in today’s history. In 2000 Portuguese Joao Pina wins his first of multiple championships. In the women’s U52 Paula Saldanha is successful for the 8th time (of nine). She begins this series in 1992. The... Read more

Today in the history: 24 November

At the women’s Grand Prix in 2001 in Spanish Seville, the Japanese women are strong. They win U48 Kayo Kitada, U57 with Yuki Yokosawa and the heavyweight with Mizuho Matsuzaki. The Spaniards win a lot of medals in their home country.
Urska... Read more