The annual Gala dinner took place during the 2017 European Judo Championships in Warsaw, Poland, where, according to a fine tradition, the EJU awards were presented to the best European athletes, coaches, referees, medical workers and federations of 2016.
The history of recognition of individuals by the EJU goes back quite a while. The European Family started to acknowledge the best performances at its annual Congresses around 18 years ago. At that time, certificates were given out to the best male and female judoka. 7 years later, the procedure changed and the EJU started to present the awards to the nominees, honouring their best achievements within their field (athletes, coaches, referees, federations organising EJU events). Years later, the appreciation of other sectors (Education, Medical and Marketing, EJU sponsors and partners) also began to be classified, and such presentations were shifted to the European Judo Championships, where a special Gala dinner staged every year for the EJU Awards ceremony.
The President of the European Judo Union, Mr. Sergey Soloveychik specifies the importance of such awards:
“Judo is such an exiting and highly competitive sport, and judo heroes deserve to be recognized that is why the EJU tries to acknowledge the best ones every year. The awardees are our honour and highlights and I am glad that every year we commemorate their results in a festive way in front of the EJU national federation presidents and other distinguished judo friends.”
Award winners
Sport Sector Awards
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Best European Male Judoka 2016 |
Teddy RINER (FRA) |
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Best European Female Judoka 2016 |
Tina TRSTENJAK (SLO) |
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Best European Junior Male Judoka 2016 |
Hidayet HEYDAROV (AZE) |
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Best European Junior Female Judoka 2016 |
Marie Eve GAHIÉ (FRA) |
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Best Team Men 2016 |
GEORGIA |
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Best Team Women 2016 |
POLAND |
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Best European Men’s Coach 2016 |
Dmitry MOROZOV (RUS) |
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Best European Women’s Coach 2016 |
Martine DUPOND (FRA) |
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Best European Event 2016 |
U23 European Judo Championships Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Best European Organiser 2016 |
Russian Judo Federation (RJF) for EJC Kazan and ECC Golden League Grozny |
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Most Progressive European Male Referee 2016 |
Artur FANDO (BLR) |
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Most Progressive European Female Referee 2016 |
Heather LOONTJENS (BEL) |
Education Sector Awards
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Science Award 2016 |
Research Group of Physical Education and Sports of the University of Seville and Andalusian Judo Federation |
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Best Education Event 2016 |
Croatian Judo Federation for Judo Festival Porec 2016 |
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Best Education Seminar 2016 |
Improve Your Club Seminar in Torino |
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Education Award for Contribution to the Development of Education 2016 |
Hiroshi Katanishi |
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Education Award for Contribution to the Development of Education |
Didier Janicot |
Medical Sector Awards
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Plaque of appreciation for the work in the Core Stability programme |
Peter Smolders |
Marketing Sector Awards
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
PETROGASTECH |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
Ipponshop |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
Green Hill |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
My Backnumber |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
Noris |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
Hiku |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
Daedo |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
JudoFashion |
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Special award In appreciation of support and collaboration with the EJU in 2016 |
DanRho |
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Plaque of appreciation |
Polish Judo Association |
