The Paris 2024 “Did you know?” sections will provide viewers with interesting, lesser-known facts related to each day of the competition.
+78kg / +100kg
- The Paris Olympics will be Teddy Riner’s 5th Olympic Games. So far, he has won medals at all of them, gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 and bronze at Beijing 2008 and Tokyo 2020.
- There are 5 world champions in the +100 kg category.
- Lukas Krpalek (CZE) had won Olympic gold medals in 2 different weight categories, -100 kg and +100 kg.
- Idalys Ortiz (CUB) is the queen of the +78 kg category, having won 4 consecutive Olympic medals: bronze Beijing 2008, gold London 2012, silver Rio 2016, silver Tokyo 2020. Consequently, Paris will be her 5th Olympic Games.
- The last European judoka to win Olympic gold in the +78kg category was France’s Émilie Andéol at Rio 2016.
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