French team looks back after successful Olympic Games

The French team was the judo nation with most won medals at the Olympic Games. With to gold medals for its frontrunners Lucie Decosse and Teddy Riner and five bronze medals ‘les bleus’ were highly successful and a basis for the European... Read more

Kata World Championships warming up in Pordenone

The Judo Kata World Championship is near. You have to wait only 40 days to see the champions coming from all over the world, performing their best to become the winner of their own specialties. After La Valletta in 2009, Budapest in 2010 and... Read more

Report Third Poster Exhibition 2012

At the great venue Traktor in Chelyabinsk the third Poster Exhibition took place in April.

Now you can download the digital book of the Poster Exhibition including all presentations.

Browse through the presentations here:... Read more

German women take three gold medals at Green Hill European Cup

Germany has taken over the medal tally at the second day of the Green Hill European Cup for Juniors in Berlin. At the second day of the event the host nation won two gold medals. The women were responsible to take Germany at the top of the tally.... Read more

Berlin hosts top junior judoka for last test

This weekend the Green Hill European Cup for Juniors in Berlin takes place. 558 judoka have registered for the last of 14 European Cups, the last test for the European Championships for Juniors in Porec in Croatia.
154 German judoka, followed by... Read more

Russian team sets unique performances with three gold medals

What a tremendous success it was for Russia these Olympic Games. The men’s team led by headcoach Ezio Gamba won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze, an amazing and unrivaled performance.
Never a European nation had won three gold... Read more

Green Hill European Cup last test for European Junior Championships

Alexandra Florian is the undisputed queen in the Junior category this season. Of all 13 events so far she participated four times and won four times. This week she just turned 17, and is an unbelievable talent. She is the one who could step into... Read more

Judo Olympic Games by the numbers

573 - number of shido (penalty) given to competitors during the seven days of competition.

429 - judo bouts conducted at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

387- athletes participated in the judo events.

204 - ippon (full points) were... Read more

Europe's Olympic Games supremacy in figures

Surprise champions, historical medals and prominent upsets highlighted the Olympic judo competition at ExCeL. At the same time, the Japanese supremacy in the sport ended as Russia and France overtook them.

> Europe performed the best ever... Read more