Andreja Leski: the Gold Means I Have a Voice Now for Positive Change

On 30th July 2024, Andreja Leski extended the Slovenian stronghold on the -63 kg category, winning an ...

-63 kg: Leski Takes the Title Back to Slovenia

The Olympic champion is Andreja Leski, the third Slovenian woman to win the title from the last 4 Olympic ...

Erasmus+ Wellbeing Project Hits Targets

The Erasmus+ youth exchange programme ‘Feel Great, Socialise Strong: Empowering Young Minds,’ led ...

Children's Kata Festival and Seminar in Ljubljana

Over the weekend, a Children’s Kata Festival and Kata Seminar was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The ...

Slovenia’s Judo for Adult Women Programme

Last year, at the Tashkent Grand Slam 2023, we engaged in a conversation with Ms Nuša Lampe (SLO), a ...

EJU: Further Development is the Reward for Excellence

On Wednesday 13th September, EJU President, Dr László Toth visited Maribor in Slovenia, to deliver ...

EYOF is the Perfect Pre-Cursor

As today marks one year to go, just a year left to prepare, train, study and refine before the Paris ...

The Olympic Champions (11): Urska Zolnir (SLO)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ...

The Kodokan Delivers in Slovenia

While #JudoAstana gets underway in Kazakhstan, the Porec Judo Festival continues in Croatia and the African ...

The Olympic Champions (2): Tina Trstenjak (SLO)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers some thought-provoking words ...

Day 5: The Medals Don't Lie

We have reached the halfway point in Doha with 4 days of individual competition behind us and 3 still ...

Judo, Just Do It!!!

Like Tina Trstenjak, Nuša Lampe is from Slovenia. After her sports career, she became involved in refereeing ...

The Story of a Life

Just a few weeks ago, Tina Trstenjak (SLO) took the plunge, putting an end to her international career ...

Tina’s Out but Not Out Out

Today, after a career that can only be described as illustrious, Tina Trstenjak has announced her retirement ...

The Pilot Countries, Part 2: Slovenia, continued…

Recently we spoke with Saso Sindic of the IJF Judo for Children Commission, about his role in Mala Sola ...

The Pilot Countries, Part 2: Slovenia

In terms of judo for school children, Slovenia offers much to think about. The background is important ...

First Official Meeting of the IJF President with Slovenian Judo Clubs

On 23rd September 2021, at the invitation of the Slovenian Olympic Committee, the President of the International ...

Marjan Fabjan and Slovenian Olympic medallists Awarded by IJF President

On the eve of the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia, IJF President Marius Vizer, travelled to Slovenia to ...

JUDO: a Discipline in the Service of Other Sports

Having spent more than thirty years on the tatami and twenty as a qualified judo coach, thirty-nine year ...

Anja Stangar is Back

Last year we learned the terrible news that Slovenian judoka Anja Stangar was diagnosed with lymphoma. ...

Anja Stangar Scored Ippon Against Cancer

Several months ago we learned the terrible news that Slovenian judoka Anja Stangar was diagnosed with ...

Anja Stangar: The Fight Goes On

During spring 2020, we learned from Anja Stangar (SLO) herself, that she had been diagnosed with cancer. ...

Anja Stangar: The Biggest Fight of Her Life

At the end of April 2020, in Slovenia, the whole Stangar family was gathered around Anja. She was the ...

Back to Judo

Back to our ‘normal’ lives. Slovenian Judo Club Bezigrad restarted their training sessions this Tuesday. ...

Kaja Kajzer – remember this name!

She is cute and she is strong. Winning her first gold medal at the Tel Aviv Grand Prix 2020 in -57 kg ...

Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Marjan Fabjan

The familiar, stern face of Slovenian coach Marjan Fabjan can be seen at most major Judo events around ...

Judo in Schools Slovenia

$50,000 award for end-of-year world leaders

The International Judo Federation has awarded all 14 judoka who ended 2016 as the world number ones with ...

The success of Slovenian Athletes - Interview with two Olympic Champions

A few weeks after the Rio Olympic Games, Tina Trstenjak (Rio Olympic Champion) and Urška Žolnir (London ...

Slovenia’s Olympic champion Trstenjak gets stamp of approval

Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak has been honoured for her Rio 2016 success with her own postage stamp ...