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Upper Austria GP 2024
Big Wins in Linz

The second edition of the Upper Austria Grand Prix finished with an outstanding final block, a day 3 ...

IWD 2024
International Women’s Day is Truly International

It’s a happy day! There is an open friendliness and warmth today, the world over, as all people, men ...

International Women's Day 2024
Inclusion Allows People to be Free

Jo Crowley is one of those people who works behind the scenes on different fronts to develop judo, both ...

Referee Stories
Ioana Babiuc: Helping Someone in the Right Moment is the Point

The faces of the World Judo Tour become evermore familiar the closer we get to an Olympic Games.

International Women's Day 2024
The Judo Family Is Ready to Celebrate IWD

Each year, 8th March represents an important date in the calendar since it is International Women's Day. ...

International Women's Day 2024
Slovenia’s Judo for Adult Women Programme

Last year, at the Tashkent Grand Slam 2023, we engaged in a conversation with Ms Nuša Lampe (SLO), a ...

Interview
Carlos Zegarra Presser: Empowering the First

Carlos Zegarra Presser has a broad and challenging remit within the world’s judo family.

Athlete Stories
Maria Portela: a Courageous Career

It’s March 2023 and a stalwart of the Brazilian team has made the hardest decision of her career, to ...

Women's Day
Female Coaches in Judo

More and more female coaches are joining the judo family. Discover why.

Athlete Stories
Prisca Awiti Alcaraz: A Wonderful Place to be In

Prisca Awiti Alcaraz (MEX) lives in the UK but with a Kenyan dad and a Mexican mum, she is truly a global ...

Women's Day
We Have to Make the World Believe That We Can Do It!

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2023, the IJF organised its first round table on gender ...

Women's Day
Judo #EmbraceEquity

Every year, International Women's Day is celebrated on 8th March.