European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
The European Veteran Judo Championships always brings many stories, whether is family related or otherwise. This week, we have seen a handful of continental and international referees fighting their heart out on the mat. EJU Referee Commissioner, Mr. Metin OZKAN, also felt special emotions when watching, in some cases, his former…
11 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
The final day of the individual event at the European Judo Championships Veterans 2023 has officially come to an end. The total of 87 gold medals were awarded throughout the past three days. The overall medal table was steadily claimed by France, however Germany and the Czech Republic made a…
10 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Kristina VRSIC is a former elite judoka who was part of the Slovenian national team for over a decade, attending at numerous international events, picking up silver at the U23 Europeans amongst several other achievements. Before bowing off the elite stage in 2017, she last competed at a European Cup,…
10 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Both, European, World and Olympic Champion, Tina TRSTENJAK and Olympic Referee, EJU Referee Commissioner, Ms. Annamaria FRIDRICH shared the tatami at numerous occasions. The most memorable of their many encounters on the mat as athlete and referee, was the 2015 World Judo Championships, where Ms Fridrich was awarded to referee her first…
10 June 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
Mr. Ronnie SAEZ has been involved with judo for decades. In 2010, he joined judo Scotland as a director and was Chair of Judo Scotland for a while. The opening year of his involvement with the British Judo Association was in the year of the home Olympics, London 2012. For…
10 June 2023European 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 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 2023European Judo Championships Veterans - Podcetrtek, Slovenia
The first European Judo Championships of 2023 will see the veterans competing in Podčetrtek, Slovenia, between 8-11 June. Individuals between several age divisions from M1 to M9 will be awarded. Distinctly, each age division incorporates the standard 7 male and 7 female weight categories. There will be a gender specific…
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European Judo Championships Veterans