Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
The setting was appropriate for the occasion: an illustrious circle of local greats and international judo officials met on Thursday evening in the Bösendorfer Hall at Schloss Mittersill. The photos on display invited guests to travel back in time to the past three decades. Venison steak was served at the…
12 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
Lukas KRPALEKS’ (CZE) sporting records are well known: 2-time Olympic champion, 2-time world champion and 3-time European champion, a total of 14 medals at top major events, Sportsman of the Year in the Czech Republic, Judoka of the Year, etc. Here in Mittersill, at the Olympic Training Camp, the 33-year-old…
12 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
On Thursday evening, things got a little hectic in the hall in Mittersill (AUT). EJU Vice President Otto KNEITINGER, Salzburg’s Provincial Sports Councillor Martin ZAUNER, Mittersill Mayor Wolfgang VIERTLER and Judo Austria President Martin POIGER were joined by IJF President Marius VIZER, who took to the microphone to wish both…
12 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
The 30th Mittersill Olympic Training Camp started here in the National Park capital on the 8th of the January and will continue throughout the rest of the week with 950 athletes from 50 nations, many off whom are the top performers in the world. So of course the EJU couldn’t…
11 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
It is the Olympic year and over 900 athletes from 50 nations, many of whom will be competing in Paris, are busy in preparation at the Mittersill OTC. One of those top athletes is the current European Champion of the -63kg category, Andreja LESKI (SLO). It has been two months…
10 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
Takanori NAGASE (JPN/-81) had to travel around 11,000 kilometres to get to the Olympic Training Camp in Mittersill, Austria. It took him a day to get there. But the 30-year-old is leaving no stone unturned in his dream of a second Olympic gold medal. After Tuesday morning’s training session, the…
9 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
The Netherlands judo team is constantly churning out new talent, one of those is Yael VAN HEEMST. As a junior athlete, she was a finalist in both the European and World Championships, already a promising talent for the future of the senior team. As judo goes, there is always the potential…
9 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
A question of honour: The first training session of the week-long Olympic Training Camp in Mittersill was led by Judo Austria head coach Yvonne SNIR-BÖNISCH. A total of 29 training sessions await 902 judoka from 55 nations this week. And the 30th anniversary of the organisation will also be celebrated.…
8 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
The roads are getting cleared of the heavy snow in the heart of Mittersill. The heater is now turned on at the dojo and the tea is brewing in the hallway. The town is ready to welcome the judo world for their annual Olympic Training Camp. The President of the…
6 January 2024Mittersill EJU OTC 2024 - Mittersill, Austria
From 8 to 16 January, the world’s judo elite will meet for the 30th time in MTTERSILL (AUT) in the Pinzgau region. The town of 5,000 inhabitants is expecting 902 judoka from 55 nations, including 90 Austrians. 29 training sessions will be offered in the 1,500 square metre dojo, which…
4 January 2024
Mittersill EJU OTC 2024