Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

EVEN PLAYING FIELD AS NUMBER ONE SEEDS MISS OUT ON MEDALS

The preliminaries this morning didn’t go to plan for top seeds in the -63kg, -70kg, -73kg and 81kg categories; OZBAS Szofi (HUN), Maya GOSHEN (ISR) Edoardo MELLA (ITA) and Vladimir AKHALKATSI (GEO). Only MELLA managed to advance to the quarter final, though subsequent losses meant he didn’t make it to…

5 November 2020

Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

A GOLD SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR STOJADINOV

The Junior European Championships 2020 started a little unusually, however in these current circumstances, the safety of athletes and delegations has been our priority which forced the postponement of the draw and in turn, the preliminary rounds on day one.  Organisation by Croatian Judo has been incredible from the very…

5 November 2020

Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

NEW GENERATION TO SHAKE UP THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

DAY THREE  -78kg Renee VAN HARSELAAR (NED) tops the seeding in this years Junior European Championship in Porec. The Dutch athlete took a silver medal in the 2019 World Junior Championships and advanced on to the senior circuit, swiping a silver in the Warsaw Continental Open this year.  On the…

4 November 2020

Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - LIVE DRAW UPDATE

Firstly we would like to thank all delegations for their cooperation, patience and understanding. The testing process has been thorough and so far a success, however there has been a delay in receiving results which has forced us to push back the official draw. Instead, we will host the draw…

3 November 2020

Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

DAY TWO OF JUNIOR EUROPEANS WELCOMES ABUNDANCE OF TALENT

DAY TWO -63kg  The #1 seed OZBAS Szofi (HUN) is the current Junior World Champion, Junior European and U23 European Champion. She is the one to watch and for her opponents she is the one to beat. Outwardly, her calm demeanour and her strategic judo style is proving a real…

3 November 2020

Junior European Judo Championships - Porec, Croatia

TREMENDOUS TALENT TO KICK START JUNIOR EUROPEANS IN POREČ

DAY ONE -48KG   The #1 seed, Andrea STOJADINOV (SRB) is coming to the end of her junior career. At 20 years old and sitting at 29 on the WRL she is already on her way to the top of the senior stage. The #1 seed will be looking to cap…

2 November 2020