Judo stars face up to ran...
by ARAJ...2010/09/08 | 08:50 pm
Strength of participants of World Championships increased
Many people wonder if the Judo World Championships have indeed increased in strength now two judoka can participate in each category and the IJF set a new record in participating athletes. Below you can see a comparison between the medallists of... Read more
Japan takes two world title at day 1
Japan won two out of four medals at the first day of the Judo World Championships. They may have expected more with a huge number of favourites. But Mika Sugimoto took the first ever title in the plus category since the start of the first judo... Read more
Spectacular semi finals at first judo day
Sensation all over at the first day of the Judo Worlds in Tokyo. In the men’s U100kg the favourites have indeed made it to the semi finals. However the competition is so tough that spectacular confrontations were shown to the fans. One of the... Read more
Preview World Championships female categories
Since 2005 the trend is up for the Japanese women. In 2005 they had only one World Champion, by Midori Shintani, not even by Tani. In 2007, Tsukada and Tani won two titles, and last year in Rotterdam the Japanese team collected three gold medals.... Read more
Preview World Championships male categories
The World Championships will start in two days. Let’s take a look at the favourites for each male category.Follow our coverage in the next days at our website.
U60kg
Rishod Sobirov and Hiroaki Hiraoka are the top... Read more
2010/09/04 | 06:12 pm | in EJU
European Championships for Veterans 2010 - UPDATE
We are pleased to inform you that the Croatian Judo Federation has now made arrangments to fulfill all conditions previously required by the European Judo Union.Therefore, the EJU can announce that the Veteran European Championships will be held... Read more
Judo icon Anton Geesink passes away
At 27 August, the world of judo mourns about the death of judo icon Anton Geesink. The Dutch 10th Dan and IOC member was the first non-Japanese World Champion in 1961 and won the Olympic title in Tokyo in 1964.He passed away at the age of 76.
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Athlete Role Model Ruben Houkes at the Olympics
Ruben Houkes was appointed by the IJF and by the IOC Athletes’ Commission as an Athlete Role Model (ARM) at the Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from August 14th – 26th, 2010.The function of the ARMs in Singapore is to mentor the 3,600... Read more
2010/08/15 | 08:15 pm | in EJU
Japan and The Netherlands take gold today in Berlin
At the European Cup for juniors in Berlin Japan and The Netherlands showed their dominance this weekend. The Japanese team won four gold medals in the men’s category. The Dutch surprised today with three gold medals in the women’s division. It... Read more
2010/08/14 | 10:13 pm | in EJU
Japanese and Romanian juniors lead in Berlin
Romania and Japan lead the medal table after the first day of the European Cup for juniors in Berlin. Host country Germany won eight medals but only collected one gold medal. Hungary has always been one of the best performing countries in the rich... Read more