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Junior Worlds
Melkia Auchecorne (FRA), a Double World Champion

In Odivelas, at the junior worlds of 2023, we met a new junior world champion, a young French woman with ...

Athlete Stories
Goki Tajima, 90 kg of Golden Judo

Goki Tajima, Japan’s entry at -90 kg, was magnificent to watch on both his individual competition day ...

Athlete Stories
Margaux Pinot: I'm At Peace

In 2021 Margux Pinot, already a European champion, Paris Grand Slam medallist and world bronze medallist, ...

Athlete Stories
Christa Deguchi OLY

This is a story more than 7 years in the making. It has been followed closely by the world’s sports ...

Abu Dhabi WC 2024
Odette Giuffrida: How We Make People Feel is Something We Carry For All Our Lives

Odette Giuffrida has competed at no less than nine senior world championships.

Dushanbe GS 2024
A Judo Star Brings a Little Hollywood Style to Tajikistan

The beauty of judo comes in so many forms. From impressive and inspirational skills in huge, packed arenas ...

Upper Austria GP
-78kg: The World Champions Show Their Class

Two years ago Anna-Maria Wagner (GER) and Madeleine Malonga (FRA) met in the final of the world championships ...

Athlete Stories
Christa and Kelly, Always Doing Their Best

“I never want my daughters to feel their value is aligned with their medals; either of them.

VIDEO
Teddy Riner talks about his 2019 return

Double Olympic champion Teddy Riner (FRA) has announced his imminent return to competition and talked ...

NF News
The Judo Family Mourns the passing away of Bernard Tchoullouyan

It is with great sadness that the International Judo community learned the passing away of Bernard Tchoullouyan ...

INTERVIEW EXPRESS
Wolf Aaron (JPN)

Last summer, Wolf Aaron became world champion in Budapest.