Last year in the European Championships which were held in Porec, Croatia, a terrible accident occurred on the tatami resulting in the serious injury of one of our judo family members. Rising star, Aris Leonidis of Greece suffered a very serious spinal injury, breaking his neck and was immediately operated…
20 September 2021European Judo Open M&W - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Continental Open events tend to vary greatly with the level of athletes, whether it be a young junior or even mature cadet testing the waters of the senior pool or returning major names to reignite their careers in hope of a return to the big league. Used to success as…
19 September 2021European Judo Open M&W - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
It was a brilliant first day of the Sarajevo European Open for the French team as they took away two gold, five silver and five bronze medals following some stunning performances but stealing the limelight was one of the Netherlands’ two gold medallists, 20 year-old Ivo VERHORSTERT. Since starting as…
18 September 2021European Judo Open M&W - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Following a brilliant week at the Junior European Championships, we’re now moving to Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the senior European Open event. There are over 300 athletes descending upon the ‘Arena’ Hotel Hills over the two day event this week, the Hotel Hills resort is a perfect location…
16 September 2021The ISF U15 World School Sports Games, in Belgrade, Serbia, is taking place from 11 – 19 September. This event is the largest international multi-sport event for school students from 13-15 years old, gathering from all around the world to compete in 14 different sports, namely Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Basketball…
15 September 2021We would like to inform you that the elections of the Polish Judo Association (PJA) were held on the 29th of August 2021. The president of the PJA, Jacek Zawadka has been re-elected. 202 delegates out of 376 voted for Zawadka. The second candidate got 160 votes at the PJA…
14 September 2021At the Junior European Judo Championships more than 160 volunteers were supporting the local organising committee. Tom Schmit from the Luxembourg Judo Federation was very grateful after the event: “Without this huge support of the volunteers it would be impossible to organise such an event. I am very happy that…
13 September 2021This week the EJU Moral Code Cartoon will demonstrate ‘sincerity’ with the new video online. At the very heart of everything we do, we live the judo code. Sincerity is being truthful, open and trustworthy. You are considered to have integrity when your words and actions match, and not thought…
13 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
No matter if it is cadet, junior or senior, the mixed team event is always incredibly exciting and draws all of the athletes together to support their teams and be the loudest supporters in the arena. Today was no different for the Junior European Championships 2021. The following nations entered…
12 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
It was a true battle in the -78kg category between Anna Monta OLEK (GER) and Yael VAN HEEMST (NED), the pair having already met in a final this year, we knew it would be close. There was little surprise that the pair had made it to the final given they…
12 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Day three saw two athletes become three-time Junior European Champions in some fantastic heavyweight triumphs. Both Lea FONTAINE (FRA) and SIPOCZ Richard (HUN) had targets on their backs but dealt with the pressure and took their gold medals. Of course it wasn’t only the +78kg and +100kg that were exciting…
11 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
There was a great chance for Adrian SULCA of Romania to become Junior European Champion in the -73kg looking at his results this year. It was a tougher-than-usual day for him but that didn’t stop him on his road to gold on day two. The #3 seed pulled out a…
11 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
France and Russia continued their battle for the top position and today the win goes to the latter as the -81kg category secured two medals; a gold from Ibragimgadzhi SULEIMANOV and bronze from Daniil DRANOVSKII. The 2021 junior European champion was very happy and proud of his win today, especially…
10 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
It was both surprising and unsurprising that Israeli superstar Kerem PRIMO took the Junior European title on day one. Looking at her record there is little to speculate upon given her little experience at only 16 years old. In her 24 recorded contests, she has only lost one in the…
10 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The five lightweight categories for men and women were first up in Luxembourg to compete for the 2021 Junior European titles. There were some returning junior European medallists looking to keep their medalling status and in the end four were able to manage it; Faiza MOKDAR (FRA), Ana Viktorija PULJIZ…
9 September 2021At the age of 70, Dietmar Lorenz died on Wednesday afternoon. He won the gold medal in the open weight class for the GDR in Moscow, 1980. Dietmar Lorenz, who had a 7th Dan, was always particularly proud of two events in his active career. He was the first German…
9 September 2021Improve Your Club
We are pleased to announce the continuation of our incredible Improve Your Club project with our EJU experts with three scheduled events in September and October as follows; The European Judo Union (EJU) believes that the education and development of club coaches should be treated with the same importance as…
8 September 2021Junior European Judo Championships - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
This week the Luxembourg Judo Federation will host the Junior European Judo Championships in the National Centre for Sports and Culture – “D’Coque”. With over 350 athletes it is set to be an exciting four days of competition including the mixed teams event. President of the Luxembourg Judo Federation, Serge…
7 September 2021
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