Mikhaylin still chasing Olympic dream

When, as a fresh faced 16 year old, Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) collected a bronze medal at the European Youth Olympics in 1995 he showed every sign of being able to go far in the sport. And so it proved. That early promise was put to a tough test... weiterlesen

World Cup circuit kicks off in Sofia and Tbilisi

This weekend the World Cup of Sofia and Tbilisi are the first two events kicking off the season 2011 for the EJU. This qualification year is extremely important and the EJU strives for more medals at the London Olympics in 2012.

At the... weiterlesen

EJU determines OTC support for potential European Olympic medallists

This week the Olympic Training Camp in Mittersill will end. A great list of participants was present in Austria to train with eachother and meanwhile the Masters in Baku were held with good European results.
The OTC’s are meant to give the... weiterlesen

EJU organises Kodokan Kata course in Europe

The EJU will organise a traditional Kodokan Kata Course from 2-7 March in Zagreb, Croatia. The Teachers of the Course will be a team of experts coming from the Kodokan of Tokyo. This historical event represents a historical Kata collaboration... weiterlesen

Merci Céline! Judo icon retires

Céline Lebrun retired from international judo. At the Grand Slam of Paris she will be thanked for her amazing tribute to judo, to French Judo and her presence for years in the category U78kg. Now Céline is 34 years but still among the top of the... weiterlesen

Azerbaijan takes golden start of 2011

At the second and last day of the IJF Masters in Baku quite a bit of surprises in the final block although in the morning session most of the favourites passed the first test of 2011.
Only in the U100kg division it was a surprising way to the... weiterlesen

High level judo at IJF Masters in Baku

High level judo at the Judo World Masters in Baku today. Great finals of a very high level.

But some big surprises in the women’s division starting U57kg where Telma Monteiro finally defeated Kaori Matsumoto who was undefeated the whole last... weiterlesen

Many participants at OTC in Mittersill

This week the EJU OTC in Mittersill was opened by EJU president Sergey Soloveychik. More than 400 participants are training in the Austrian mountain area and next week more judoka will follow after the IJF World Masters in Baku.

The OTC in... weiterlesen