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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

McKenzie to follow the steps of Craig Fallon

A really nice final in the men’s U60kg. Robert Mshvidobadze (RUS) and British Ashley McKenzie dominated the category today.
McKenzie won three European Cups this year and more and more he was warming up for this championship.
McKenzie led the... Read more

Rosseneu takes first ever Belgian European gold U23

The category U48kg was expected for Belgium. Amelie Rosseneu is strong the whole year and excelled at the European Cup winning three events. Today Dutch Birgit Ente was her opponent, a well known opponent, who she defeated three weeks ago in the... Read more

Preview European U23 Championships Sarajevo

Since the start of the European U23 Championships in 2003, the Russians have been the most successful winning 52 medals, 19 more than Hungary and France, 20 more than the Ukraine. The difference in gold medals is smaller though. Russia leads the... Read more