Chitu inspired by Romanian gold rush

The victory of Romanian Andreea Chitu was a big surprise. In the final U52kg she threw double European Champion Natalya Kuzyutina in a devastating Ippon and took the second gold medal for Romania at the first day of the European Championships in... weiterlesen

Russia celebrates gold medal for Beslan Mudranov U60kg

Russia celebrated the first European title U60kg since 2009 when Arsen Galstyan won in Tbilisi. On the first day of the European Championships Beslan Mudranov was able to beat Hovhannes Davtyan of Armenia in the final after he had defeated the... weiterlesen

Dumitru takes eighth European title U48kg

What a day it has been for Romania. A fantastic result with two gold medals for Romania starting with the category U48kg. The Ippon of Dumitru and the way she celebrated her eighth gold medal told the story.
Alina Dumitru won her eighth European... weiterlesen

Press Conference Highlights European Championships

In the press centre of the of the Traktor venue a press conference was organised with Mikhail Yurevich, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region and EJU President Sergey Soloveychik. Together with EJU Referee Director Jan Snijders they commented on the... weiterlesen

423 athletes of 24 nations in Pontebba for Junior European Cup

The EJU Junior European Cup will take place On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th, at the PalaVuerich in Pontebba (UD) with 24 nations and 423 athletes.

The event, organized by the Judo Kuroki of Tarcento, is set inside the Ice Palace, that was... weiterlesen

High expectations of European Championships after the draw

On Wednesday the draw ceremony was held in the Malakhit Hotel. The rivals for the first 14 fights in all weight divisions of individual competitions for men and women were defined.

The governor of the Chelyabinsk region Mikhail Yurevich opened... weiterlesen

Chelyabinsk bestens vorbereitet für die Europameisterschaft

Der Startschuss der Europameisterschaft in Chelyabinsk hinterließ einen ausgezeichneten Eindruck. Die Organisation ist großartig und die Auslosung fand in einem sehr netten Rahmen statt. Im Haupthotel hieß der Bürgermeister von Chelyabinsk... weiterlesen

Chelyabinsk is turning into the world capital of judo

Chelyabinsk is dressing up for the European Judo Championship – it’s less than two weeks before the great event starts. The banners with a champion’s faces are already installed at the airport square and along the main roads of the city.... weiterlesen

Chelyabinsk Air Gate “dresses up” for the Euro-2012

Chelyabinsk airport is getting ready to take the guests and participants of the 2012 European Judo Championship - the arrival hall of domestic airlines is being renovated, and airport square is being decorated with welcome banners.

According to... weiterlesen