The Paris 2024 “Did you know?” section provides viewers with interesting, lesser-known facts related to each day of the competition.
-78kg / -100kg
- There are 4 world champions competing in the -78kg category. Two of them have won the world title more than once.
- There are 5 world champions competing in the -100kg category. Two of them have won the world title more than once.
- The only European judoka to have won Olympic gold in the -78kg (then -72kg) category is Ulla Werbrouck (BEL).
- There are 3 judoka in the -100kg category for whom Paris is their 3rd Olympic Games.
- Hungary’s only Olympic champion in judo is from the -100kg category (then -95kg), namely, Kovacs Antal.
Judo made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games in 1964, and Paris 2024 will mark its 60th anniversary as an Olympic sport.
Author: Szandra Szogedi