European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Vice-President of the Slovenian Judo Federation and Sport Director of the European Judo Union, Urska Zolnir Jugovar, took up a first-time role as the chief organiser of both, the European Judo Championships Veterans 2023 and the European Judo Championships Kata 2023. Following a rather robust regime in past months, she…
9 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
After the second day of the European Judo Championships Veterans Podcetrtek 2023, France is still leading the overall medal table. Azerbaijan took over the second spot with Hungary settling in third position. Repeatedly, the total of 29 nations collected at least one medal so far. Today’s event delivered an ecstatic…
9 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
The opening ceremony of the European Veteran Championships 2023 took place this afternoon where the Major of Podčetrtek, Mr. Peter MISJA was also present. Mr Misja, who has practiced judo himself during his high school years, has been in office for 18 years and generated an enormous development of sporting culture. The…
9 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
MAKHULT Mihaly is a modest gentleman from Hungary, who lives in the capital city, Budapest. At a very young age, he tried several other contact sports but judo had him hooked for good. During his teenage years, Makhult was part of the cadet and junior Hungarian national team. Today, he fills…
9 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Day one at the European Judo Championships Veterans Podcetrtek 2023 ended with France on top of the medal table by a 6 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze collection. Hungary (3-2-2) and Spain (3-2-1) followed behind. The total of 29 nations won at least one medal today, which is considered…
8 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Udo HOLLAENDER is a 69-year-old German judoka, who wanted to start judo at the age of 7, but disclosed that his parents have not had the financial means to support his judo lessons. Hollaender waited until the age of 15, at which point, he had enough money to pay the…
8 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Valentins AZAROVS lives and trains in Riga, Latvia, precisely at Satori Judo Club. The veteran judoka competed today at the M9 -73kg category and finished 7th place. Although his age would put him into the M11 age group, due to lower entries around his age, he was merged with the younger…
8 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
The first day of the European Championships Veterans Podcetrtek 2023 is underway. Amongst several guests, Veterans Commissioner of the International Judo Federation, FLORI Miklos, is also on site. Mr Flori is here to observe and support the event. He kindly took a short break to share his views so far.…
8 June 2023Madrid European Open 2023 - Madrid, Spain
The Madrid European Open is upon us once again, the Spanish Federation are seasoned hosts with tournaments across all age categories, and with one of the greatest OTC’s in sight attracting the top athletes from across the world. However right now we focus on the continental open on the 10th…
7 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
We are days away from the Veteran European Judo Championships 2023 which is due to be held at beautiful surroundings by the river of Sotla, in a city called, Podčetrtek. Hundreds of competitors from almost 40 countries are on route for what can only be described as a family friendly continental…
6 June 2023Prague Junior European Cup 2023 - Prague, Czech Republic
Japan claimed the top spot of the overall medal table this weekend at the European Junior Judo Cup in Prague. Georgia and Germany followed behind. Serbia was able to add to their collection with a total of one gold and two bronze medals. Nikolina NISAVIC (SRB) visited Prague for the…
4 June 2023Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Unboundedly, Anna-Maria WAGNER (GER) was the favourite in the -78kg category on the final day of the Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023. On route to repeat last week success in Linz, she made her way to the final. Starting as top seed step by step surpassed Khuslen OTGONBAYAR (MGL), Iriskhon KURBANBAEVA…
4 June 2023Prague Junior European Cup 2023 - Prague, Czech Republic
Whilst there was much to celebrate in Dushanbe, Croatia also had a successful first day at the Junior European Cup in Prague as Karla KULIC (-70kg) added another gold medal to the collection. Following her victory, a short interview was conducted. Which of your contests was the toughest one for…
4 June 2023Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan
The second day of Dushanbe Grand Prix showcased four of the middle weight categories: -63kg -70kg, -73kg, -81kg. Europe took the total of 11 medals. The continents’ double conquest came through by Katarina KRISTO (CRO) and Margaux PINOT (FRA). Kristo has a well-established reputation across the juniors, winning Junior European title…
3 June 2023Dushanbe Grand Prix 2023 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Like Austria, Tajikistan has placed themselves on the World Judo Tour this weekend by hosting the Dushanbe Grand Prix. With many European athletes competing over the three-day event, interest has been piqued, especially from Team Azerbaijan. It is becoming a standard to expect slick performances from The Tbilisi Grand Slam…
2 June 2023Games of Small States of Europe - Valetta, Malta
The final day at the Games of Small States delivered astonishing performances in an euphoric environment. The National Sports Stadium of Pembroke was once again filled in tremendous spirit during the team event. Victories were claimed by Montenegro women and Cyprus men team, respectively. Women Team Event Five women team…
1 June 2023Games of Small States of Europe - Valetta, Malta
The team event at the Games of Small States of Europe will take place tomorrow at the National Sports School of Pembroke. For this occasion, separate men and women teams will be on stage. The tournament is scheduled to start at 2pm local time. Information in relations to live stream will…
31 May 2023Games of Small States of Europe - Valetta, Malta
Today, a very enthusing meeting took place for the Small States of Europe. The collaboration between the European Judo Union and small nation of Europe was exhibited with progress showing rapidly. The work does not stop here. All parties discussed the next step. The President of the European Judo Union, Dr…
31 May 2023
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