Veteran British Dawn Netherwood finally captures the world title
At the IJF Grand Masters in Miami Russia is taking most of the medals so far after the first two days of fighting.The Russian men captured 11 gold medals so far. In the women’s division the German tea is strong taking three gold medals, one... Read more
2012/11/08 | 12:04 pm | in EJU
OTC Going for Gold in Malaga integrates talents and Olympians
The Olympic Training Centre, OTC “Going for Gold” is in full effect. Since Sunday 142 athletes are training in the sunny environment of Malaga. The Russian team came with 57 athletes in total and obviously a big home team from Spain... Read more
2012/11/05 | 03:32 pm | in EJU
Ezio Gamba appointed head of both the Russian national Judo
Italian coach Ezio Gamba has been appointed the general manager of Russian judo national teams, which put him in charge of both men’s and women’s squads.A group of local coaches will be assisting Gamba in his work, with Dmitry Morozov to... Read more
Changes in the IJF and EJU calendar 2013
The new IJF Calendar is released in the beginning of this month. Also in the EJU calendar some minor changes are taken for the EJU events in 2013. Below you see the changes of both international calendars to draw your attention. One of the... Read more
2012/10/29 | 12:40 pm | in EJU
New support list available OTC Malaga
EJU Head of Sports Directors Densign White announced the new support lists for the last OTC of the year, in Malaga. The list shows the athletes that will be supported for the next Olympic Training Camp in the south of Spain. The OTCs proceed... Read more
Russia takes it all in 2012; World Team Champion
Russia is the new World Team Champion. What a year for Russia after taking five Olympic medals and three Olympic titles at the Olympic Games and now in Salvador de Bahia (BRA) the team of coach Vitaly Makarov won the world title for the first time... Read more
2012/10/28 | 04:01 pm | in EJU
Big German team take many medals at European Cup Boras
Germany has won the HIKU European Cup in Boras. The German women won three gold medals, the men two. France won the men’s tournament by winning three gold medals. On the last day of the former Swedish Open the host nation cheered for the victory... Read more
Japan claims the women's World team title
During two days (October 27th and 28th), Salvador, Bahia (Brazil) is welcoming the Judo World Championship Teams, which is the only senior world Championship to be organized during this Olympic Year.In 2013, the team event will again be linked... Read more
2012/10/27 | 07:03 pm | in EJU
Swedish new generation preparing for European U23 Championships
At the second day of the HIKU European Cup in Boras, the Swedish Open, the German men collected two gold medals. Rene Schneider regained his medal of 2009 U73kg and Alexander Wieczerzak won the gold U81kg. The first place U90kg was for French Axel... Read more
Successful information exchange at Education Seminar Budapest
On Friday the education seminar was hosted by the Hungarian Judo Federation. In Budapest the didactic commission came together and the seminar was held for 55 participants from 18 countries. Four countries were new at a seminar.The main topic... Read more
