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Athlete Stories
Shiho Tanaka - "The Most Important Thing is to Love It"

Twenty-seven year old Shiho Tanaka (JPN) just missed out on a medal at the 2022 Tashkent World Championships, ...

Interview
Julien Goes Around the World (30)

Julien Brulard has been travelling the world with his judogi for several years.

Interview
A First Experience

Sebastian Richly is a journalist. He works for the Augsburger Allgemeine.

Judo for Refugees
The Judo Family Shows Its Solidarity on World Refugee Day

The World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around ...

DIJF and IJF Meet in Budapest

At the end of 2024, the IJF and the DIJF (Deaf International Judo Federation) signed an important Memorandum ...

OTP WJC 2025
Georgia! It's Georgia! World Mixed Team Champions!

The final block began at 6pm sharp and flew by so fast, throw after throw and nail-biting moments one ...

OTP WJC 2025
The Mixed Team Preliminaries - Wow!

In 2017 the mixed team format was included in the senior world championship programme for the first time. ...

Athletes' Commission
The New IJF Athletes' Commission Is Known

During the OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary 2025, participating athletes had the opportunity ...

Athlete Stories
Eteri Liparteliani: the Pioneer

Since 1992, when Georgia first appeared at global sporting events, Eteri Liparteliani is now the first ...

Athlete Stories
A New Generation of Role Models

Twenty-one year old Timur Arbuzov and twenty-three year old Matvey Kanikovskiy are fast becoming the ...

OTP WJC 2025
From World Champions to Honoured Guests, the Whole Judo Family Wins

Fourteen incredible judoka have been crowned in Budapest, 14 world champions among medalists from 20 ...

OTP WJC 2025
+100 kg: Tasoev Doubles His World Title

In the last final of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary, Guram Tushishvili held the hopes ...