European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FURTHER NE-WAZA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS AWARDED 

The morning session of the last day at the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024 delivered the remaining bouts of the Ne-waza sections of the tournament. Both Poland and Germany were able to celebrate two of this latest title whilst Sweden joined in single victory. Daniela KORTMANN (GER) won the F4-FN…

9 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FRANCE AND ELSE

By the end of the third day of the European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 France had collected another eight gold medals, bringing their current total tally to 64. With one more day to go in this championship, including the team events, this number is expected to rise, majorly surpassing everyone…

8 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FRENCH EMBASSY ATTACHÉ, MRS GIRARD ATTENDS VETERAN EUROPEANS

Anaïs GIRARD, cooperation attaché at the French Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in charge of sport matters for the embassy visited Arena Hills on day three of the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024. Mrs Girard joined the French team to continue celebrating their already successful week. She was…

8 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

#COUPLESGOAL

MAKHULT Mihaly is a gentleman from Hungary who lives in the capital city, Budapest. During his teenage years, Mihaly, or as everyone calls him Misi, was part of the cadet and junior Hungarian national team. For over a decade he has been attending the veteran European championships, and this week…

8 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

HARPER BECOMES AN HISTORIC FIGURE

The first ever Ne-waza European Judo Championships took place in Sarajevo as part of the European Judo Championships Veterans 2024, with the M1 – M3 categories contributing to the debut. Due to the limited number of entries, a single championship was held in the -100kg category. In the end, Daniel…

7 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

France continued to lead the overall medal table at the end of the second day of the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024. Hungary, however, made a strong showing, climbing up to third place following their impressive double victory at the Arena Hills. Still, there was much more to the…

7 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR JUDO 

The second day of the European Judo Championships Sarajevo 2024 provided a significant element in the history of judo. The first ever Ne-waza European Championships took place and it was the M1 – M3 categories who were able to contribute to the debut. We had the pleasure of speaking with…

7 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

RAJABLI CONTINUES TO MAKE HISTORY FOR AZERBAIJAN

Farhad RAJABLI had a successful showing at the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024, where he competed in the M8-90kg category. He had one goal and one goal only: to win gold.  I came here for this, to win my 10th title. Especially that prior to the competition in Azerbaijan…

7 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

FORMER NOC PRESIDENT COLLECTS 5TH TITLE

Milanko Mucibabic has served as President of the National Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina on two occasions, first from 2004 to 2005 and then again from 2022 to 2023. He continues to be a member of the NOC executive committee and has dedicated his life to judo. His achievements…

7 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

SARAJEVO: VETERAN EUROS MAKE OFFICIAL DEBUT

The first day of the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024 delivered all actions from M5 – M9 categories. France topped the overall standings with a total of 7 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze medals. Germany (5-2-8) and Moldova (3-2-1) followed in line.  BUKI Peter (HUN) excelled in the…

6 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

“MY GRANDCHILDREN WANT ME TO CONTINUE”

Slavko STANISIC is a 68-year-old judoka from Serbia who had collected his 7th veteran European title on the first day of the European Judo Championships Veterans Sarajevo 2024. He is also an 8th Dan and proud holder of six veteran world titles. He is a former police colonel and university…

6 June 2024

European Judo Championships Veterans 2024 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

“I CAME HERE FOR MY ATHLETES”

Vitalie GLIGOR started judo at the age of 9, after literally begging three different coaches at his primary school to let him train, as the sessions were officially only open to children aged 10 and over. He kept coming back until they let him into what seemed in the eyes…

6 June 2024