Aaron Hildebrand takes tenth German U23 European title

In the category U90kg Germany’s Aaron Hildebrand took the European U23 title on Sunday in Sarajevo. A great success for Germany’s coach Daniel Gürschner having three men in the final today and a great motivation that Hildebrand was able to... weiterlesen

Murat Khabachirov takes second Russian gold medal

The second Hungarian finalist today was Szabolcs Krizsán (HUN). Both countries are extremely successful in this age category and divide the most gold medals. A nice motivation in the background. But Murat Khabachirov was excellent today. The... weiterlesen

Egger wins first ever U23 title for Switzerland

Stephanie Egger won the European U23 title U70kg. The tall Swiss was too strong for Laura Vargas-Koch in the final and ended the match with a superb uchi-mata halfway the match. 22-Year old Egger is the first for Switzerland to win the U23 title.... weiterlesen

Attila Ungvari challenges family with fourth European medal

What a line up for the final for men U73kg in Sarajevo. Hungarian Attila Ungvari and Soshin Katsumi from Germany excelled today and have an attractive style. Ungvari, the taller judoka was already successful in the senior category winning silver... weiterlesen

Italian Edwige Gwend gears up to senior level

The year was long for Edwige Gwend. On Saturday the Energetic Italian won the gold medal at the European U23 Championships in Sarajevo. In the final she defeated Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova.
Gwend won silver at the World Cup in Warsaw in... weiterlesen

Judo Federation President elected in Parliament

At the European U23 Championships, the current 1st vice president of the Bosnian Herzegovina Federation of the Federation is a proud man. Dr. Branislav Crnogorac is responsible for the championships and together with Arijana Jaha, the general... weiterlesen

Romania still going strong in U23 age group

The U57kg category is one of the strongest, if not the best women’s category. There’s an amazing competition going on. The finalists showed a high level and have proved to measure with the best seniors.

The strong Chitu dominated with... weiterlesen

Lavrentiev completes Russia’s rush for gold

Denis Lavrentiev won the first ever Gold medal for Russian in this category U66kg. Russia had never won this category, while in all other categories Russia had won European gold since the start of this event in 2003.

In his final against... weiterlesen

Tugba Zehir continues success story in Sarajevo

Tugba Zehir was now successful winning the European U23 title. Last year she lost the final against Natalia Kuzyutina, not a shame against the double European senior Champion. But 18-year old Zehir has a great future. She was already U17 European... weiterlesen