Larisa Ceric confirms legendary status in Bosnia Herzegovina

Larisa Ceric is by far the best ever woman for her nation Bosnia Herzegovina. This weekend she claimed the European title U23 in Prague. She was by far the strongest in her category +78kg and needed only 36 seconds against Carolina Weiss to beat... Read more

Krpalek resists the pressure and claims European U23 title

Big cheers for the undisputed favourite in advance of each match of Lukas Krpalek. The Czech star judoka did what he had to do and claimed the first ever European U23 title. In his own house surrounded by many fans and a huge wall with his... Read more

Abigel Jóo writes history at European U23 Championships

Abigel Jóo dealt with the high expectations and won her fourth U23 European title, an absolute record. Only three Hungarians had won the triple and she is the first of the three to win four times in ten years of history of this championships.... Read more

Magomed Magomedov prolongs U23 title

What a strong category, the men’s U90kg class! Great names who are already at a good senior level. The European U23 title was claimed by Russian Magomed Magomedov. In the final he defeated Quedjau Nhabali of the Ukraine.

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Russia claims gold and bronze U81kg

The final of the men’s U23 Championships was all Russian. The final between Stanislav Semenov and Alan Khubetsov was won by Khubetsov. He won the match with a splendid ippon halfway the match.

He stepped into the footlights of Murat... Read more

Jerman-Szabo keeps the tradition high for Hungary

Hungary has won the European U23 title. Franciska Jerman-Szabo defeated Barbara Matic of Croatia in the final. Jerman-Szabo is experienced in this category. She won the Hungarian U23 title three times but didn’t show up much this year at... Read more

Szwarnowiecki takes the double for Poland

An amazing surprise in the category U73kg when Damian Szwarnowiecki from Poland took the victory in today’s European U23 Championships final. Szwarnowiecki had won the European Junior title in September in Porec but wasn’t expected to win a... Read more

Slovenia dominates U63kg category, gold for Milosevic

For the first time in history Slovenia claimed the European U23 title in the women’s division. Nina Milosevic was the strongest today with character judo and despite the strength of the field she was active, dangerous and deserved the victory... Read more

Awards at opening of the U23 European Championships

In advance of the final block the opening ceremony was held where the former Czech medallists of the European U23 Championships have a clinic to many young judoka. After the ceremony EJU President Sergey Soloveychik awarded the Czech Judo... Read more